I’m so excited that you’ll be joining us for the 2023 Santa Experience!

Choosing clothing for your children is often the most stressful part of the entire portrait making process for parents, and we’re here to help make the process easy and streamlined for you this holiday season! Here are some general guidelines that will be helpful as you put together your children’s outfits:

• Neutral colors look great with Santa, since he is wearing such a brightly colored suit. You don’t want too many colors that will compete with the large amount of red that will be in your photos.
• Avoid red clothing as this will cause your children to blend in with Santa.
• When opting for color and pattern, choose one child to wear a bolder color or pattern, and opt for neutrals for rest of the children with small pops of color to tie everything together. For example, if your daughter wears a green velvet dress, put your son in a cream sweater with dark green pants and the baby in a cream romper with an emerald green bow. Everyone coordinates without matching and the color isn’t overwhelming.
• Avoid jeans, as they tend to the first thing you see in a portrait. Instead, opt for khakis and linen pants for boys and dresses for girls.
• Texture can add just as much interest to a photograph as color, so opt for varying textures in coordinating outfits rather than lots of color.
• Please avoid text and bold graphics on clothing as these types of clothes do not photograph well and are distracting from the subjects in your portraits.
• If you’d like your portraits to feel more casual, pajamas are a super cute way to dress down the look and feel of your portraits.

These are my favorite places to purchase children’s clothing from:

Hope & Henry

Zara

H&M

Jamie Kay

Joyfolie

Ivy City Co

Janie & Jack

Petite Plum (Classic PJs)

Burts Bees (Fun PJs)

Happy shopping!