How To Dress: Smart Casual

Referring to my previous post, I thought I'd complete the 'smart casual' look. It's pretty much the same principal in terms of colours; keep the colours simple, and vary what you wear.

Keep It Plain and Simple

The best thing to do is keep the colours down low, thinking about what top you're wearing with it. The choice of what you're planning to wear becomes easy when your 'smart' clothes consist of paler colours; everything can match. Here, I've added a few images of what I mean:

Don't Just Think Dark!

I don't want it to come across that the only colours you should be wearing are blues, greys and browns etc. As long as it's kept less bright, or even fluorescent, it'll still look great. It's good to broaden your range of clothing colours, rather than keeping to your blacks, whites and navy blues. However, I'd keep to your darker shades when in the work place (with white/cream being an exception), as you may get some funny looks if you parade into your office wearing an olive-green blazer and salmon shirt!

Classy Nights Out 

There's so many things you can wear for a night out; here's where you can vary your colour ways. Introduce the occasional bright red or blue, especially as it's heading towards summer, build up those lighter colours so you're looking summery. A night out is also somewhere you can dress without having to wear a tie, or any other neck-wear. Keep it casual, but also let people know you can dress. 

Day-to-Day

Whether you're working at an office, or in a design studio, there are always trends adaptable. Of course, jobs with a creative aspect requires less of a smart dress code compared to a business office. Formal dress will require darker shades, commonly the done-up shirt and blazer/jacket, your average tailored black trousers and smart black brogues. If however, you're not feeling that dress code, vary it! Switch those black brogues to leather loafers, and mix it up. Here's some examples:

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