You're going to the gala. Now what?

What to wear while raising money and mingling with fellow parents

Every school does some kind of fundraising event, usually in the spring. As they should! Anything for our kids and teachers, am-I-right? They range from costume parties to full blown black tie balls. So what’s a parent to wear??

It’s a theme. FML.

Sometimes a theme is great, sometimes it’s a burden. If you’re not out here trying to source the perfect mustache for your Charlie Chaplin costume, then you need to take the ‘nod’ approach. As in ‘I saw there was a theme. My outfit is a ‘nod’ to said theme’.

Decades:

Buying something new to fit a decade costume? Please let it be something you’re actually excited to own, and will wear again (as my eyes go straight to the Gucci bag in slide 1):

‘70s