Quick help me what to wear tonight

[OhWesternWind]

Going on a second date to a nice Italian restaurant - its quite modern and "buzzy" rather than formal, but it's fairly upmarket. What should I wear? Mustn't involve heels!!

[CanIOfferYouAPombear]

If you can't wear heels then you'll need to jazz it up a bit. Do you have some fancy flats?
What are your choices from your wardrobe?

[OhWesternWind]

Well, what I have been thinking of are:

a) black trousers with silver sleeveless top (fine knitted so not blingtastic)
b) black trousers with deep red long-sleeve fairly low top
c) black dress, knee length with tights and boots

All sounds a bit gothy written down like that, but I'm not generally goth-like in appearance (blonde, not too much makeup)!

[tak1ngchances]

I like option c. I'm not generally a fan of black plus colour, it can make the colour look cheap. Have you got some nice jewellery to wear with the dress?

[BunnyLebowski]

Black trousers tend to be very office-y imo.

And I don't think tights and (presumably) flat boots would be dressy enough.

Any other options?

That's if you want to look dressy. Plenty of people dress casually even for naice restaurants.

[YesThisTime]

I think the black and silver combo sounds nice. I always think silver looks lovely on blondes. Have you got some nice chunky jewellery? Maybe some heavy bangles? Or some pretty earrings to play with seductively?

[YesThisTime]

Agree about the black trouser point though. Maybe the silver top with some dark skinnie jeans?

[OhWesternWind]

I don't want to be too dressy in case I miscalculate and he turns up in jeans! So, it needs to be something that treads the fine line between too casual and too formal.

Other options? I was looking through my wardrobe last night and it is a bit desperate. Most of my stuff is either work stuff or casual weekend stuff - only been dating a couple of months and before that I lost about three stone so it's start from scratch time really. I am buying things on an "as needs" basis but as my first date was Sunday night I've not had time for a shop for this date!! I do have a long black velvety dress (close fitting) but haven't tried it on. Most of my other stuff is okay for a going out for drinks date eg pretty top to go with trousers/jeans but wasn't sure if it was restaurant quality.

[YesThisTime]

Quick trip into town for something new? Oasis have some very flirty 'fit and flare' dresses at the moment.

[prelim29]

Don't wear the velvet!! I'd go for option C, or as Yes suggested, the silver tip with dark jeans. Hope it goes well!!