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For a farewell party or retirement party, match your outfit to the location, dress code and your own role. Comfort during speeches, photos and standing matters more than fixed style rules.

For dinner at your manager's home, the type of invitation and the company culture lead. When in doubt, ask about the dress code and above all choose something comfortable.

For a classic car drive, you combine classic style with practical comfort. Pay particular attention to safe shoes, seated comfort and an extra layer in the wind.

No special dress code is needed for a parents' evening. Above all, choose clothing in which you can sit, walk and hold a conversation comfortably.

For a marriage proposal, clothing is mainly about comfort, location and practical preparation. Choose something that suits you and keep the ring safe.

At a cooking workshop, clothing is first about safety and room to move; at a chef's table, it is about the restaurant's dress code.

Clothing for Eid al-Fitr differs per family, culture and occasion. Be festive in your own way and check any dress rules of the mosque beforehand.

For a book launch or lecture there is rarely a fixed dress code. Choose clothing that suits the location, your role and seated comfort; as a speaker, the technology counts too.

A film or performance under the stars: warm on arrival, cool afterwards and often seated on grass or a beach chair. This is how to dress for a summer evening outdoors.

An evening at a beach club or beach pavilion calls for an outfit that is summery and relaxed, but still polished. This is how to choose for women and men.

A first date calls for an outfit in which you are yourself, just one step more polished than usual. This is how to choose for a terrace, dinner or walk in summer.

Summer chic appears more and more often on invitations to summer parties and weddings. Here is how to turn that dress code into an outfit, for women and men.