this list? Nuh uh.
I don't really know anyone who doesn't do this, but if you are ever tempted to change before any nighttime event that's not a wedding or Met Gala, don't give in. Stay in your work outfit and maybe—maybe—put on some lipstick in a color that's not true red. It is very "Oh, I just stopped by because I was in the neighborhood and I've got an opening before my next super-fun thing, which might be impromptu parkour because I can do that wearing flat shoes." Studied = the opposite of cool.
There will be other girls wearing fur or leather jackets from The Arrivals with skinny trousers and boots, but 1) this is where your accessories and personality come in, and 2) you could recruit them for your coven.
For most of us, this is our hair, which hasn't seen brushes since 2010. For us when we have good days/time to get blowouts, this might mean just tweaking one thing about an otherwise normal or polished look to be weird or unexpected. Think a Dries van Noten trompe l'oeil lip ring with a "nothing" outfit, a Prada-esque topknot with a pretty skater dress, or turning your button-down into a J.Lo-at-the-Grammys plunge. (Emma Oak has my vote for Fashion Month's best-dressed.)
Think about it: Why do the celebrities who wear one-color, non-embellished Calvin Klein dresses stand out in your memory of red-carpet dresses? Because the norm is piles of tulle and sparkles and boobage. Making your day and night wardrobes interchangeable might mess with how much you *enjoy* your clothes (science says the more you use something, the less you like it), but 1) MASS reductions in cost-per-wear, 2) fashion keeps moving in this direction, and 3) why wait? Life is too damn short to not wear sequins whenever you can—unless you're at the Oscars.
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