What to Wear

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One question I frequently get from clients is, "What should we wear??" These portraits are going to be hanging on your walls and sent out to friends and family, you want to look good! For me personally, what I'm going to dress my family in is the hardest part of our portraits. I am not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination, and so for me it's a real struggle.

I recently came across a great website called Polyvore that let's you "clip" clothing you find while browsing the web. Genius! If you find a top you like, you can clip it and then head over to Polyvore where you can either pair it with other items you've clipped, or search what others have added to the site. You can build your outfits right on the computer before buying anything. For me that's a serious time-saver, as before I would always buy multiple outfits for everyone, bring them home, figure out what I liked and then have to return everything else. And let me tell you it will also be easier on my husband's heart as he'll no longer be seeing those multiple outfit receipts!!

Here's an example of a set I added this morning:

Head over to check it out. I've only got a couple of outfits there so far, but more will be forthcoming as we get closer to our mini-session date. You can follow me to see my new outfits as they are added. And if you have any special requests (say you've got 10 kids and need outfits for all but 2) I'm happy to help out. Happy clipping!

Polyvore

Family Portraits- What to Wear

Hi all! I've been working on some options for clothing choices for Christmas portraits this year. It's a dilemma everytime I contemplate getting our family portraits done, and I know many of you struggle with it, too. With that in mind, here is the first of a few idea boards I will post in the next couple of days.

What to Wear: Part II

Brighter colors this time. It helps to think of your clothing grouping as one big outfit. If you wouldn't wear it together on one person, don't put it together on more.

What to Wear: Part I

I've had several people ask me what they should wear for their mini-sessions. I am putting together several idea boards so that if you are drawing a blank you can either shop from directly or use to jump-start your outfits.

For the first look I've gone with a mono-chormatic color scheme. Grays, blues and blacks. The boy's shirt is purple, but with the rest of the outfits consisting of those other three colors I would switch his shirt out for one that fits in. Typically when you have base colors and then only one article of clothing that is different the eye will be drawn to it. All of these clothes can be found at JCrew*, Banana Republic, or Gap. Remember to carefully consider shoes and accesories!

*The J. Crew children's line, Crewcuts, is available only online. So if you like what you see order quickly and make sure you select the correct shipping method so that it will get to you on time.

What Should I Wear??

I hear this question a lot. So I decided I would do something about it! In the next coming weeks look for suggestions on how to dress your family for your portrait session. First up...

"Think Pink"
These are all from Gap this season.