How to Wear a Vintage Evening Dress

To carry a vintage evening dress with sense and style, you need to first understand the history of the piece and also what it says about the past. Only then can you portray the evening dress in an appropriate manner and match the right outfits and accessories to it.

So you want to wear a vintage evening dress without looking out of place or crassly? Here are some tips to show you how.

Retain your Personal Style

While going with vintage style is experimenting with fashion, but it should not be without regard for your personal style. Fashion is very much about expressing yourself. If you were to don a vintage evening dress that is way out of your usual style, you are sure to raise more than just a few brows, albeit not in the good sense.

To go overboard betrays your lack of understanding of yourself as well as the piece of vintage evening dress. Don’t go buying a zebra striped dress just because it is in vogue or because you find it attractive. It may not suit your style, animal prints just isn’t suited for you. Even if you put it on, you may not feel comfortable about yourself.

Do Not Wear a Complete Vintage Set

A vintage evening dress is good, but again, don’t go overboard by completing the look with head dresses, accessories and even make up from the same era. You’ll be mistaken for a stage play actor rather than a fashionable lady!

We are after all, no longer living in the same era as the vintage evening dress came from. Wearing the dress can help to spice up your wardrobe selection, but it should be complemented by the other clothing and accessories in your wardrobe.

You may be tempted to be dedicated to the vintage evening dress in all its original glory, but it really isn’t the best way to be wearing a vintage evening dress, unless, of course, you are trying out a vintage look for Halloween.

Be Comfortable and Confident

You might feel a little self conscious for wearing a vintage evening dress. It doesn’t seem to quite fit in with the crowd; but then again, isn’t that what you wanted in the first place? A vintage evening dress is meant to be unique, so there’s nothing wrong with looking different.

Be comfortable with yourself and most importantly, carry yourself with confidence! They say the clothes make the man, but the man or women in this case, make the clothes work! Your attitude determines very much if you manage to carry the vintage evening dress off or not.

How you feel about yourself affects how people look at you. As long as you feel good about yourself, your vintage evening dress will work for you.