What to wear for clubbing according to to Omarov Aguilar

Mexico City’s nightlife has a wide range of styles, you can definitely find something interesting to do every night of the year. Depending on your social sphere, one of those nights you could meet Omarov, who after working for several publications in Asia, Europe and the Middle East decided to pair up with his best friend Axel Escalante, to launch Crom Magazine, an editorial concept of lifestyle and events.

Omarov loves the nightlife and decided to make a living from going to events; it doesn’t feel like work to him, all those sleepless nights don’t hurt, according to him.

One of those nights he received us at the Crom Club in Condesa, where he answered for us one of the most important questions a man has to face every weekend: what should I wear to go out?

This are his tips:

1. If you are going to go to flirt around, try to wear clothes that look good on you. He usually starts wearing something dark as base and add a bomber or biker jacket.
2. Dress according to the place you are going. For example, at Crom Club there will be several pop-up nights in different places and with different experiences. For some of them,the look must be more pop-trash, inspired by the Club Kids of the eighties and nineties.
3. The worst look for a men to go clubbing, is a polo shirt or a shirt, unbuttoned all the way paired with loafers, the new rich look.
4. For women, to wear very high heels and overly done hair styles, the Televisa style.
5. Never wear something very comfortable or functional (like Crocs for example) or have the tourist look.

Here is a few lines that you will have to read before in other to understand his style in the gallery above:

Teddy boy: British subculture characterized by young men in costumes inspired, in part, by the styles worn by the Edwardian era dandies, that Savile Row tailors tried to re-introduce into Britain right after the Second World War. Some key pieces are long jackets (sometimes with velvet lapels, cuffs and edges), very narrow and short trousers, allowing the shoes to bee seen, shirts with generally very thin ties (also very common, the “Slim Jim” or “Maverick” tie like in the Wild West), and, the most striking and varied garment: the vest.

Rockabilly: Rock and roll sub genre, from the 50s, mixing rock and country elements. The essential pieces are very All- American-style pieces, working class with swing touches, such as, the Dickies, denim fabric, and pompadour hairstyles.

Buchón:  A style from northern Mexico referring and generally associated with the culture of drug smuggling and trafficking, for example, boots and cowboy hats, paired with silk shirts or shirts with flashy prints and very striking, and in-your-face jewelry.

Club Kids: a clubbing group from New York during the late 80s and early 90s, best known for their extravagant style and excessive drugs use. This style is characterized by neon colors, lots of patterns, exotic combinations, glitter, makeup …

To learn more about Omarov’s style, visit his su Instagram and the website of Crom Magazine.

Photos: Karla Lisker.