Speed Dating Tips & Advice for Women
What to Wear, What NOT to Wear!
The Speed Dating Dress Code...
The dress code is the stylish end of smart-casual and that can encompass anything from dressy jeans to a not-too fancy cocktail dress. Here are a few straightforward tips to help you dress well for a speed date:
Wear appropriate makeup
Make-up should enhance your features, not hide them. Be sure to use shades that match your natural skin tone. Contrary to popular belief, men DO actually notice when your neck is a different colour to your face. Aim to look like a natural beauty that wakes up looking that way, not the result of a 3 coat paint job.
If it doesn’t fit, don’t wear it
Although squeezing your DD boobs into a skimpy size 8 top might be good for your ego, it’s not good for your respiration. Nor should you hide your shape behind billowy clothes that make you look like you’re about to set sail.
Wear Realistic Shoes
If you’re driving or cabbing it to speed dating, you can wear the sexiest, most impractical high heels you’ve got. After all, in speed dating it’s the men that move around while you stay seated. If you’re walking far or taking public transport you should think about wearing moderately comfortable shoes. Although Carey from Sex and the City might look perfectly comfortable tramping around Manhattan in 6 inch Manolo’s, that’s because she’s a fictional character. You want to focus on your speed dating, not how much your feet hurt
Wear sexy underwear
You’ll feel like a femme fatale! If you feel sexy while speed dating, you’ll come across that way too.
Don’t over dress
Although you’re unlikely to impress anyone in track pants and thongs, you’ll look a little ridiculous turning up speed dating in a sparkling golden ball gown, with pearl necklace and a tiara. The dress code is the stylish end of smart-casual. That can encompass anything from dressy jeans to a cocktail dress.