Dress Code: How should we be dressed

I say dress for the event. I seem to see many wedding DJs in slacks with a shirt, vest, and tie…no jacket.

Birthday Party…it depends on the crowd. For kids I see many in some kind of “company t-shirt”. For clubs and such it’s more “stylish”.

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On-topic. +1 to D-Jam for dressing for the occasion. Unless you are the headliner or a well-known resident, do not try to outshine the principals (wedding couple, company hot shots, birthday boy/girl). As a mobile DJ you are a (often major) part of the entertainment of the night. So you WILL be in pictures, people will look at you more than at random guests in general. This means whatever you wear is fresh (as in no 10-year old clothes), clean, pressed and appropriate for the event AND your station in it and it should look as if you put some thought into it not just grabbed the thing hanging closest to the front of the closet. I pays to have some clothes that you bought for DJ-ing. I have a few such pieces that I probably would not wear in private, but that do give off a vibe when DJ-ing.

Being DJ “Vintage”, I can sometimes use clothes to emphasize the Vintage bit.

Assuming most people still dress up to go to an event or venue (to an extend), it pains me to see that even at ridiculously priced festivals the 50k+ an hour main-liners will still show up in jeans and t-shirt. But, they get to wear what they want and people come to see them, so they get away with it. A luxury the other 99.9% of us don’t have 😀

For weddings dress as if you were a guest meaning formal (suit and tie) or at least semi formal (dress pants and a long sleeve button shirt) the basic rule for weddings is whatever you wear dont be flashier than the groom so no 5000 armani suit if the groom just wore a 100 dollar rental, for clubs and such yeah its cool to dress flashy and stylish since you are the center of attention but toally up to you and your own personal brand and style if you think t shirt and jeans is enough or if you want to dress to impress, but its not necessary to turn it into a stage costume unless thats your intention , for me personally clothes that gives off a “dj vibe” would be like hip hop style or slightly punk rock style or skater style , and depending on the specific club and its dress code or how the crowd dresses you can adjust to match them more , when you pick your outfit try matching head to toe and be slightly more attention grabbing than in your everyday life Dont worry you will look great 😉

I can only agree with D-Jam, dress for the occasion. I do a lot of company events lately and I always try to get one of their merchandise shirts or something and then depending on the company dress pants or jeans, sometimes even a jacket over the company shirt.