
What to wear
Whoever is proposing controls only their own clothing, so the trick is engineering a reason for both to be dressed well — a booking, an occasion, a…
In short: Whoever is proposing controls only their own clothing, so the trick is engineering a reason for both to be dressed well — a booking, an occasion, a plan. Bulky pockets are the one practical detail: a ring box ruins a jacket line, so use an inside pocket.
Colour. Whoever is proposing controls only their own outfit, so engineer a reason for both of you to be dressed well — a booking, an occasion, a plan that makes it plausible.
Fabric. Nothing that creases in a taxi, because there is no opportunity to fix it before the moment.
Footwear. Walkable, since proposals usually involve arriving somewhere on foot and the photographer needs you to approach from a specific direction.
The thing that ruins frames. The ring box in a trouser pocket. It destroys the line of the outfit in every approach frame and it is visible from twenty metres. Inside jacket pocket, always.