You and your best friend have a photo session coming up. Time to compare outfits, find the sunglasses, and decide who’s bringing the snacks.
Here’s what to bring to your BFF senior session, with a few ideas for the things you might want in the pictures together.
Choose your outfits together
Check your booking details for the number of outfits in your session. Then compare the looks you each want to wear.
You could choose a few colors to work with or each wear something you love and see how the outfits look beside each other. Denim with a dress, two different prints, a pair of jackets you keep borrowing from one another. You have options.
Try on the shoes and layers with each look before the day. Sit down, walk around, and see whether you like how everything fits.
Add the textures you like
Denim, linen, a knit sweater, something that moves when you walk. Think about the clothes you enjoy wearing and what you’d like beside your friend’s outfit.
If there’s a dress you’ve been waiting for a reason to wear, send her a picture of it. She may already have an idea for what to wear with you.
Talk about color
If you want a shared palette, choose a few colors and look through what you each own. You might find two outfits that go together without buying anything.
Bring us your ideas if you want to talk them through. It’s fun to see what each of you picked.
Pack the touch-up things you use
A brush, hair ties, bobby pins, or a lip color you want to bring can go in a small bag. Choose the things that fit the looks you’re planning.
If you’d like your nails done for the session, leave time for that in your own plans. Matching colors could be fun if you both like the idea.
For hair and makeup, talk about what you each want. You might have different plans, and that’s fine. You each get to like your own outfit and how you wear it.
Bring something from your friendship
Think about what you enjoy doing together. If you always stop at Sonic after school, you could bring your usual drinks. If you share a playlist, bring that along.
Friendship bracelets, a book you both read, or your letter jackets could give us something to work into the photos. An older picture of the two of you would be sweet to bring, too.
You might want a photo holding it together. Then you’d have both versions to look at.
Sunglasses are an option, too. If one of you has a pair the other keeps borrowing, bring those.
Before you head out
Check that each outfit has its shoes and accessories. Add a drink and a snack if you want them, then confirm the time and meeting place.
Tell us the idea you’re both excited about when you arrive. We’d like to hear the story behind it.
