# What to wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812 "2004-11-15T03:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/1 "2004-11-15T03:35:11Z")
What = 10 year high school reunion. When = In two weeks. Why = Kind of curious to see what various people have been up to. I basically haven’t seen any of them since we graduated. Where = [On a boat, of all places.](http://www.spiritcitycruises.com/philly/index.html) Me = Absolutely no fashion sense. Not particularly looking to impress - I was poor, but lived in a very high class neighborhood, so I’m sure that there will be designer labels aplenty. And I really can’t be bothered to pretend to be more hoighty-toighty then I am. But I’d like to be appropriately dressed. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/2 "2004-11-15T04:05:59Z")
Just wear what you consider to be “nice”. You don’t need to be all logo-ed out. Be comfortable, be you, that’s the best way. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/3 "2004-11-15T04:09:36Z")
Nice black dress, a little on the sexy side. That’s always been my choice! When in doubt, wear black. If female, wear a dress. It will never fail you. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/4 "2004-11-15T05:00:44Z")
I agree on the dress. Black is good, if the color is okay for you. Try a _simple_ one, I mean: not too much hoopla - gold buttons, lace or strange holes at naughty places. Just a simple, good fitting dress. Doesn’t have to be expensive. Then buy a necklace at a thrift store. Again: A simple one. No fake pearls, gold, diamonds or other shiny stuff. I was a huge success with a tight fitting [dark green] velvet dress, $50, with a necklace made of a black leather string with an old-silver dinosaur on it. [$1]! Black high heels, black bag. But ofcourse, when not comfortable in a dress, don’t wear one. But please don’t wear jeans and sweater. And have plenty of fun, **Risha**. Remember; There are probably a lot of people wondering what to wear to the reunion, just like you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/5 "2004-11-15T13:57:46Z")
I just had my 30th and there was a little bit of everything. The jeans people were last-minute attenders. We had leather suits, long dresses, work clothes, sun dresses…the whole spectrum of coloes. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/6 "2004-11-15T21:00:27Z")
I’ll give you the wisdom of all my experience over the last 5 reunions I’ve been to. We usually have three nights…casual get-together at a bar on Friday (grads only), dressy dinner on Saturday(grads and spouse/date) and family picnic on Sunday(grads and family). Your boat thing sounds like the dressy dinner night. Most of the men wear suits, and the women either wear nice dresses (maybe a few spangles, but no formals) or dressy pants with “holiday-type” sweaters or tops. Unless you married a classmate who has just divorced you, gotten arrested for police brutality, spent a few months in jail and is coming to the party with his female lawyer as his date. Then you wear a slinky, strapless dress with plenty of boobage spilling over the top, spiky heels and hair teased out to there, with a good-looking man on your arm. Accessories are everything! My reunions are so exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear/274812/7 "2004-11-16T05:52:23Z")
**kittenblue** , I deeply admire your taste in accessories! Thanks for your advice all! I needed a starting point, or I would have spent the next two weeks dithering about it. A basic black not-too-formal dress, huh? I think that even I can manage that one.