Top Tips for Authors: What to wear to writing festivals

 When I go to writing festivals, I see many people dressed many different ways. It is important at any writing event that you are representing your author brand, not only by how you interact with others but by how you dress. You are your own calling card and dressing to impress at a writers festival is very important, especially if you are meeting up with publishers for potential contracts during the day.

Jeans are fine, comfy and serviceable and able to be dressed up without looking too over the top. My jeans are from Rivers and I love the stretch in them, letting me sit up and down a million times in the day without them getting crinkled.

http://www.rivers.com.au

My shoes are from Novo, not everyone's cup of tea to where heels all day but you will be sitting down for most of it. Wear shoes that you can walk in comfortably because you will have to walk around the different workshops and you do not want blisters. No new shoes for a writers festival.

http://www.novoshoes.com.au/

My top is block colour with no funny sayings or logos, unless that is your signature style, it is best to dress classic. I bought it online from Wish and they have great bargains coming up all the time.

http://wish.com.au/

I hope this helps, just remember to show who you are through your style, be approachable by feeling good about how you look and take heaps of photos for social media. Writing festivals are super fun and a great place to network and learn more about doing what we love!

Talk soon
Michelle

www.michelleworthington.com

www.michelleworthington.com