Every birthday is a special time for a young girl. In your early teenhood, your birthday is most certainly something you look forward to, plan for, and dream about how it will perfectly resemble your favourite game or doll at the time.
Mine for instance was almost always themed around Barbies and Princesses, which consequently had me planning my outfit weeks. In the modern age, it is not surprising and even more probable that fashion is even more prominent in the lives of young girls aged 13, mainly due to technological advances, and their prominence in their lives. This is all the more reason to read up on some style tips and outfit ideas for what to wear for a girl on her 13th birthday.
What to wear to a 13th Birthday Party?
Make sure that you are going to wear something memorable and beautiful. It is of the highest importance that on your birthday – a day that is dedicated to you and only you, you feel the most comfortable, the most confident, and the most special. It is also important to remember that you are making memories, pictures are being taken, and your family members are making mental images in their minds about these precious milestones. For you to have a gallery of beautiful and truly special photographs and videos to look back on throughout the years, we recommend choosing wisely and wholeheartedly that special outfit you will be wearing for your birthday.
Tips on choosing your outfit:
There are so many interesting things that can be done for a 13-year-old birthday party. Action, adventure, and glamour are all options for the party occasion. It is so important to choose an outfit that will fit the context of how you’re celebrating your 13th birthday, and also make you most comfortable and most predisposed to having uninterrupted fun. Here is a list of possible birthday occasions and an appropriate choice of clothes for each.
- Movies: One of the most pleasant ideas is to gather your closest friends, rent out a small movie theatre room and play a movie that you and your friends love best. Surround yourself with delicious sweet snacks and have lots of relaxed fun. For this occasion you might want to wear something comfortable and soft enough to lounge in the movie seats, so we suggest a soft long dress of some sort.
- Bowling for kids: Kids love to be active it’s no secret, one of the most competitive yet safe activities to do at a birthday party is kids bowling. Gather a large group of your classmates and friends and enjoy some time eating pizza and burgers at the kid’s bowling alley. As this is a more competitive and active venue for a birthday, you need to choose your outfit strategically so as not to compromise your victorious status at the end of the night. We suggest you wear flat comfortable shoes with tight fastenings – like sneakers. To match that, yet still maintain a dressed-up look we propose a pair of overalls ($39.99), or a pair of trousers with a very bold top. A style tip for wearing active clothes and making them still scream “I’m the birthday girl” is to opt for clothing with bright colours, vivid prints, or clothing tops with three dimensional design elements – like ruffles for example.
- Dinner party: A classic way to celebrate your birthday is to host a close circle of friends and family dinner party. There will be lots of delicious foods, lots of toasting to the beautiful birthday girl and perhaps even some dancing or party games. But most importantly this type of celebration permits a full-blown dressed-up birthday girl outfit. You can go all out and feel like the most special princess in the room. We suggest going for a fluffy tool dress ($16.99) in a colour of your choice. Pair it with a striking ballet flat shoe and you will leave everyone admiring how absolutely sweet the birthday girl looks on her special day. You can get some really good ideas from our earlier post on Perfect New Year’s Eve Outfits For Teenage Girls.
- Performance: If you’re one for adventures and discovering something new performance might be the birthday activity for your 13th birthday, there is a huge variety of activities which make for absolutely unforgettable birthday moments – starting from the circus and live animal performances, all the way to unbelievable and almost magical science experiments performed right in front of your eyes. Some might even involve a magician showing up and shocking all the guests. For this occasion, we suggest wearing something which will be equally as enchanting, something with a bit of edge and mystery to it, to steal the show of course. Possibly you would want to opt into something sparkly, or something in dark navy tones, ($15.99) certainly a dress, and certainly with black lacquer flats ($13.99).
- Arts and Crafts birthday: If you are the one who always has a couple of crayons lying around, and your parents believe you will grow up to be the next Picasso, then spending the day dedicated solely to that passion of yours is a truly wonderful option. Of course, you will have to remember that you might dirty your outfit, which is why we suggest a statement pair of pants ($15.99), a white long-sleeve shirt/turtle neck ($15.47) and an art t-shirt combination which will make you stand out as the creative star you are, whilst leaving you to paint protected.
Now that the generalities are out of the way, we have compiled a list of 15 outfits you can wear to your 13th birthday party. This list is aimed at providing every girl with an outfit idea to wear to the birthday party of her dreams, to celebrate a very special date of her 13th birthday.
15 – Sparkle
This is the outfit that you will look back on and be happy that you have worn. It’s special, it sparkles and it will make you feel like a princess, something every 13-year-old girl should feel on her birthday.
14 -Black Dress
If you want to feel more sophisticated, we recommend that you make up an outfit with a pretty black dress, after all, every lady should have a little black dress in their closet and have one on your thirteenth birthday is the true signature of style.
13 – Neutral Overall
If you are choosing to do something relaxing or active but certainly not something fancy for your birthday, perhaps you are a fan of our earlier idea – having an arts and crafts birthday party, we propose to go for a pair of neutral overalls which will look very stylish due to the color detail, but fit your birthday theme.
12 – Show Stopping Red Dress
If you want to just look marvelous in your birthday pictures to look back on and remember exactly how magical your birthday was, you should opt to wear a composed wine-red dress. To complete the outfit, pair this with some white or beige ballet flats and of course a tiara.
11 – Princess White Dress
10 – An Edgy Girl Outfit with Hat
9 – Again Sparkles
8 – Simple White Dress
7 – Pretty & Bright
If you dress casual all the time, your birthday really is the time to step out into the light with a beautiful brightly colored dress. Choose your favorite color, or choose a bright happy color like yellow.
6 – Black Skirt and Dress Combo
Sometimes you want to wear something as timeless as a black dress, but you want to be different, or perhaps you do not own a black dress. Well, no worries because if you have a black long sleeve with padded shoulders, and a black skirt you are all set to create a seamless black dress appeal for your 13th birthday look. I also recommend that you check out these Summer Outfits for Teenage Girls.
5 – Hot Pink Dress
4 – A long black dress with ruffles
3 – Outdoor Outfit
If you’re celebrating your birthday outdoors, and you wish to dress very casual and comfortable for it – there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. We recommend you wear a simple brown dress to fit the occasion. For more inspiration, check out these Cutest Summer Camping Outfits for Teen Girls to Wear.
2 – Sparkly Dress
1 – Dinner Outfit
We have saved the best for last, so if you are planning to have a grand 13th birthday dinner party, the perfect dress for you looks like this. A fiery red or orange dress, with floor-length, covered in paillettes that will sparkle all night long. Complete your look with these Red Dress Makeup Ideas & Hairstyling Tips for Perfect Look.
