Dear leyn sosyalera,

Hi I’m tet and I’m a public school teacher. Nabasa ko ang mga emails sayo sa net, well accidentally nagsurf ako sa net to look for  a dress not only dress but also designs and the in colors for this year. I’m a grade six teacher and its a problem to decide what color and design to choose. My co-teachers now are planning for our dress and we want it simple but elegant since we’re grade six teachers we want it to be stunning on that special event. Last year dress ang suot namin and the color is magenta, with shawl nga un eh kaso were not comfortable at isa pa mejo may kamahalan. Gusto namin ay magagamit namin in any occassion or events sa school namin. So now we decided to use pants and blouse but the thing is we don’t know what kind of design that fits on us especially I’m fat. I hope you can help me in this problem, because graduation is fast approaching so we need to decide before the time comes.

Aside from that, ilang kasamahan namin ay matnda na and sana makapagbigay ka ng designs that is really suits to us. Even for boys also, can you give suggestions dress for them.

Thanks and I hope you can help me in this problem.

More power to you.

tet

Dear tet,

Since we have to take in consideration the age range for the outfit, the style should be simple and can flatter any shape. As you have experienced before, using a shawl feels uncomfortable and old-school so don’t do the same mistake. Just in case you decided to stick on wearing a dress, come up with styles that are not body fitting (like bodycons and pencil skirts). Here are some examples:

What’s good about these styles is that they fit any body type, hide flabs, big arms and straight figures. Hindi rin tatagal ang paggawa for bulk orders because of its simple design.

Include 3/4 Tunics on your list if it’s okay for everyone to wear tops with longer sleeves. A straight or empire cut top can be matched with black leggings instead of slacks. Just add accents on the neckline like ribbons and ruffles. The downside is, this fashion is seems ordinary and doesn’t look that formal.

The blouse & pants attire may be too casual so I suggest that you concentrate on designing details on the blouse’s sleeves and neckline. Allow some space on the chest part for jewelries/necklace. Here’s sample of a chic design:

For boys, all I can think of is a semi-formal shirt with mandarin collar.

I remember that we were assigned to design our graduation blouse for the Baccalaureate Mass few years ago. We searched for a prospect blouse that we can use as a pattern then bought 1 sample for the seamstress. If you’re running out of ideas then do the same. Looking for styles in actual can help you easily decide than starting from scratch.

I hope this helped a bit.

Love Lots,

Leyn