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As we enter the summer party season, seven ways to avoid the nightmare of wearing what she's wearing By Jade Beer For The Daily Mail Published: 17:00, 23 June 2024 | Updated: 17:00, 23 June 2024 e-mail View comments If you shop from the same fashion favourites as your friends, and you'll all be at the same weddings, christenings and significant birthday bashes this summer, we all know what's coming. It's bad enough that you may end up circulating a smart country lawn in the exact same dress as a fellow guest. Far worse may be the chatter among some of your less kind friends on who wore it better.

If the very possibility of this is ­making you want to decline all invites — and having a sense of humour about it is out of the question — then what you need is some fashion ­damage limitation. So here are the eight most effective ways to avoid wearing what she's wearing — and should all else fail, the tips and tricks to make sure you're the one who comes out on top! Wear the unexpected Wearing white to a wedding is one way of almost guaranteeing you won’t match any other guest. Who else would be brave enough? Opt for softer off-white tones of ecru, latte or caramel and you may sail just the right side of acceptable.



By the same token, a sharp ­tuxedo jacket in a jewel colour for a formal dinner greatly decreases your chances of ­doubling up with another female guest. Dress, £298, there formation.com Make it so last season Contrary to perceived wisdom, you don’t need .

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