How To Dress For A Date: An Easy Guide On What To Wear, Where

I am not interested in doing it until I find the right person. You see how I choose my shoes – they only go on my feet! – Cher Horowitz

Clueless might be a 23-year-old movie, but whatever Alicia Silverstone said back then is very true to today. While our parents preferred to meet face to face, we rarely want to say “hi” to our hot neighbor or strike up a conversation with a random stranger at a bar thanks to dating apps like Tinder and Bumble.

As much as it’s easy to cut down on time with awkward face-to-face encounters, I just realize that as millenials, we’re automatically programmed to swipe left and right to find our dream date. Are we becoming choosier than our favorite teen fashion icon?

Sure enough, we definitely are. (Duh! 💁) However, the main problem that’s been plaguing us more than boys (or girls, if you’re on the LGBTQ spectrum) is finding the right type of outfit to wear on a date. Given that we’re more dressed down than our parents (thanks, athleisure and streetwear!), I also realize that our penchant for casual gear is leading us into a sartorial mess that’s been blurring the lines of appropriate dressing. Based on wherever your date will be located, think twice before you pull up in your Lulu Lemons!

Here is my guide on wearing what to where:

Back to Cool: A Girl’s Day Off

Not in the mood for school? We know how you feel.

As much as we don’t look forward to being back in class, it never hurts to amp up some extra effort when you want to turn the hallway into the runway. Inspired by late ’90s and Y2K era teen movies (e.g. Not Another Teen Movie, Mean Girls and Jawbreaker) and The Simple Life, I felt compelled to launch my debut photoshoot for my lifelong passion project, Soeng Signature.

Featuring a well-curated collection of vintage and reworked vintage apparel (that I personally tweaked!), buckle up to witness this litness:

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Model: Iliona Palomitta (@ilionapalomitta)

Photographer: Jimman (@itsjimman)

Stylist: Michelle Varinata (@lapisandlayers)

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The 5 Instagram Poses To Amplify Your Feed

Mercury retrograde might be a headache, but at least it did one thing right: fix our heads and bodies into the right place. For the past couple of years, we had to deal with wacky unattainable body trends (e.g. thigh gap; ab crack) that can only be achieved via A) surgery, B) starvation and C) using impractical torture devices to get the Kardashian body. Thankfully, we can have painless days, munch on our meals and obviously, use our brains to invent clever new poses that can cut down the amount of time we spend on Photoshopping our bodies!

Rather than trying too hard to make yourself look like you shrank three sizes with blatantly obvious Photoshopping, you can fake a leaner look by going for 5 simple effortless poses: