<p>I am auditioning for Theatre Performance. I am in intro to acting at the university and we had a discussion about how to dress. This teacher said he generally dresses casually, but it depends on the audition. He said the best idea is to think business casual, dress like yourself, and sensibly. This is a dress I found that I like, do you think it fits the description of business casual? Also is the white detailing too distracting? I usually wear dresses that are one solid color. </p>
<p>That dress is adorable. It is not really business casual, however, but I’m not sure you <em>have to</em> be business casual. Business casual for a girl is a bit more formal than this. But I really like the dress, it’s fine for an audition, and if you feel comfortable in it, that’s the most important thing. The white is not distracting, and depending on your coloring, might heighten your looks. Just make sure it is not too short on you. The biggest mistake I’ve seen are girls who wear dresses/skirts that are too short (underwear in danger of showing). </p>
<p>It’s a darling dress. Be particular about what you wear underneath, since sometimes at an audition you’ll be asked to move in a way you had not anticipated when you were getting dressed.</p>
<p>I love the white detailing. So many people have been given the solid-color-jewel-tones advice that they are all starting to look like Stepford Wife clones. This is a nicely styled dress you will be able to wear in a lot of situations and still look like a young girl.</p>
<p>My daughter chose to be quite daring and went retro, polka dot, saddle shoes and hair in a braid with a 40’s headband. Lost track of the number of times she was stopped and complemented. There were tons of girls in nude pumps and solid dresses above the knee…some quite far above the knee. Most girls had their hair down, loose curls pulled back on top. Most of her complements came from the MT boys </p>
<p>My daughter wore her long blond hair in a big bun on the top of her head and red lipstick. A very different look from most of the girls we saw at Unifieds in Chicago and LA. She wore a textured, two-tone cream/linen color dress with a fitted, short jean jacket and funky oxford heels that she must have had 50 compliments on during her audition week (including almost every audition panel - one made a comment about holding her down and stealing her shoes LOL). </p>
<p>In my experience with NYC unifieds, most people seemed to dress fairly casually, but polished. I saw a LOT of leggings/boots/sweater combos (I think it may have had something to do with the bitter cold weather) with some nice accessories but wow that dress is adorable and honestly, the most important thing is that you feel confident in your outfit. I saw a whole slew of different styles. Often MT auditionees were more dressed up. Also, for my auditions which contained a movement portion, auditionees were all given ample time to change clothes if they wanted to. </p>
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