National Day Dressing: Style Inspiration From Charmaine Seah, Velda Tan, Yoyo Cao & More

Singapore's 51st birthday falls on August 9 - and with one whole day to spend out and about, here are some OOTDs we've gathered off the tres chic Instagrams of Singapore It girls on how to pull off wearing red and/or white without looking tacky/goofy:

The Female Collective's Charmaine Seah lends her all-black outfit a playful touch with hot red accessories, from the lipstick-shaped Yazbukey earrings to her cut-out Alaia heels and Bulgari sunnies and Serpenti flap bag.

See: Charmaine's guide to beating stress 

Fellow Female Collective member Linda Hao gives her look a retro spin with cat-eye frames and an adorable Mickey Mouse bag from Coach's recent Disney-themed collection.

See: How Linda Hao and other It girls style flared pants

The Female Collective's resident headwrap guru Aarika Lee uses the wrap's bright hue to balance out her monochrome outfit.

See: Aarika Lee's BFF gift guide for Charmaine Seah-Ong

Style star Yoyo Cao's take on mixing red and white is classy and elegant (a bold red lip works wonders, too).

Fashion entrepreneur Velda Tan sticks to a clean, minimalist silhouette.

Trishna Goklani stays streetstyle photo-op ready with a white camisole, red bucket bag and dainty gold-toned accessories. (For added edge: scrape hair back into a topknot like she did.)

Main images: @eleventhour & @belluspuera Instagrams 

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