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How to Dress Like a Jazz Musician

There’s no other genre that screams sophistication like Jazz does. The dress code can be best defined as ‘minimal business casual’. Formal clothes are the norm amongst prominent jazz artists, so a good approach is to dress as if you were going to work. To comply with the modern era, you may want to try combining formal dress code with free and fun expression. Jazz is open to anything, as long as you dress a step above your audience. You want your clothes to represent your music, so you don’t want to look as if you were going to the mall. Inevitably, your music will do the talking in this genre, so it would probably be appropriate to leave you with this quote from Miles Davis. “I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.”
Casual Button-Down Shirt
JazzShinyBlackShirt
Satin Shirt & Tie
JazzFormalShirtTie
Formal Pants
JazzPants
Blazer (Open)
JazzFormalBlazer
Fedora Hat
JazzFedoraHat
Formal Shoes
JazzShoes
Shades
JazzSunglasses
Leather Jacket
JazzLeatherJacket
Suit
Suit
There’s no other genre that screams sophistication like Jazz does. The dress code can be best defined as ‘minimal business casual’. Formal clothes are the norm amongst prominent jazz artists, so a good approach is to dress as if you were going to work. To comply with the modern era, you may want to try combining formal dress code with free and fun expression. Jazz is open to anything, as long as you dress a step above your audience. You want your clothes to represent your music, so you don’t want to look as if you were going to the mall. Inevitably, your music will do the talking in this genre, so it would probably be appropriate to leave you with this quote from Miles Davis. “I don’t care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.”

Dean Hailstone

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