This is always one of the first questions asked when someone books a portrait session. What should I wear? My recommendation is to always dress in whatever makes you feel fabulous and represents you and your individual style best. Whether it’s for individual portraits, family portraits or business headshots…wear what you like. What you feel great in. Period.
Complimentary colors are nice…say burgundy, navy blue, deep green, browns…have fun and mix and match. Solid colors are always a good choice, clean and simple. I am a big fan of lots of color, the more expressive the better.
You don’t always have to be matchy-match. But, if you do choose to match, try and be creative and have the textures and styles be different.
A good thing to avoid… stripes, busy patterns and logos. You want the focus to be you and if you’re wearing some busy pattern it draws the attention away from you. Stripes sometimes cause a weird blurring effect, slight aberration. And logos are simply an unnecessary distraction.
What is your favorite style to wear? What is your favorite color to wear?
Below are some portraits of what I think are great examples of clothing for a portrait session…notice the individual choices, bold colors, a layered look, business casual or wearing a suit, dressing in what you typically wear to work…there are many options.
It will always be the right choice if you wear what makes you feel great.
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