You can always count on a TG to make you feel basic and unoriginal. You spend days planning out the perfect outfit, patting yourself on the back for your creativity – only to show up to ten other girls with your same idea. 

There are a few precautions you can take to hopefully have the most impressive outfit there:   

1. Claim your idea early.
Most people want to keep their incredible ideas a secret so that everyone is super surprised when you finally reveal it at the TG. This usually leads to disappointment because you’re probably more excited about your idea than everyone else.   

2. Plan with a group/partner.
If you’re willing to share the wealth of your awesome idea, let other people in on it too, so at least you know who’ll be wearing the same thing. If people know a big group has one idea, they’ll usually avoid it.   

3. Don’t be afraid of abstract.
It’s not the worst thing in the world if people have to ask you what you are. In fact, it might be a great conversation starter or an opportunity for that cute boy to come introduce himself.  

Whether your plan for days or hours, the chances of no one dressing like you is virtually impossible. The most important thing you can do is to not let it bother you – maybe even get a big group of everyone dressed like you because that seems totally Insta-worthy.   

And come the following morning, you’ll probably be the only person who remembers what you were wearing at the TG. Not just because you’re probably still wearing it.