What to wear to a concert

Concert dressing has a physics problem: you want to look like the occasion, and you will also be on your feet for four hours in a crowd that spills drinks. The classic solution splits the outfit at the waist: all the shine above, all the practicality below.

A sequin top over denim is the eternal version. It catches stage light, reads festive from thirty rows back, and lets the bottom half be something you can actually live in. Jeans with a twist, like a split front, keep the whole thing from feeling like a uniform.

Shoes: sneakers, no exceptions, and ideally ones that can take a beer bath. Glitter sneakers split the difference between festive and survivable.

Bag: small, zipped, worn across the body. Anything open or dangling is a liability in a crowd; anything big is a hostage at the cloakroom.

Layers: venues are cold until they're boiling. A light jacket you can tie at the waist beats the coat you'll regret by the second song. Festivals add weather to the equation; the same formula holds, just add whatever the forecast demands.

Gig nights compress: work runs late, doors are at seven, and the outfit decision happens in the taxi window. Move it earlier in the week instead.

Render the sequin option and the low-key option on your own photo in Sleqk, see which one you'll still be glad about mid-crowd, and let your friends vote if it's close. Doors at seven, dressed by ten past six.