TRIPLE DOSE: WHITE & BLACK (FORMAL)

It was a very hot afternoon when we decided to come together to shoot a white and black themed triple dose post, I met Unoma of VieveButterfly.com and Belinda of Diaryofafashionenthusiast.com at my blogger's brunch in December for the first time physically.

So when we decided to meet up to shoot, it was a welcomed idea as I was everywhere during my blogger's brunch.

Black and white outfits have been around for ages and a lot of Nigerian churches and restaurants and bars have found their ways of killing it as well, with the ushers, choristers and bartenders uniforms.

So you can imagine how tricky it is when you decide to just wear a white and black look, for me most times I prefer to wear my white shirts on any other bottoms apart from black and my black bottoms below any other tops apart from white.

This mindset brings me to my very first tip and trick for wearing black and white looks, wear white and black pieces in prints.

As you can see, three of us introduced prints, styling this look with one solid piece and prints ranging from black and white stripes to my elephant motif pants.

The secret with wearing black and white is also to have fun and go with a piece that isn't basic

You may have noticed that, I wore my big sleeve black crop top, Unoma wears a long tuxedo jacket and Belinda wears a fitted backless long sleeve top. All of these three pieces are statement pieces so no one is going to stereotype you as a waiter or chorister.

Finally, When you are going formal with Black and white looks, clean the look up with clean minimal accessories.

Like Belinda's cage shoes, Unoma's court shoes or black Cut out statement boots.

With three of us styling each of these looks in our own way, if you look well enough, you will realise that there is a styling approach and tip to slay in your next black and white outfit.

check out what Belinda and Unoma have to say about their looks and outfit details as well on their blogs, they have a post or two up on this collaboration as well.

Watch out for my next post on how we styled this look casually to get more tips as well.

Stay beautiful!!!

Photography by @mako_od for Makography.

I'm wearing:

@dee_mako

Top: Titi Belo

Pants: Old