Stevie Nicks Concert Outfit Ideas

Good news for music lovers: the legendary Stevie Nicks is touring! Known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll” in her heyday, Nicks rose to fame with the band Fleetwood Mac in the 1970s. Her songwriting skills and vocal style helped the band achieve incredible success at the time, and new generations have been discovering their music ever since.

Nicks combines rock, pop, folk, and even blues elements in her music. Some of her most famous songs include “Dreams,” “Rhiannon,” and “The Chain.” Since 2019, Nicks has started performing again as a solo artist. Fans of vintage rock flock to her concerts to celebrate her decades-long career.

Nicks was famous not only for her signature sound but also for her fashion. A petite woman, Nicks never shied away from big and bold looks. Many of her iconic fashions reflect the 1970s boho fashion movement with long skirts, bell sleeves, and layered colors and textures. Some describe her style as witchy, and many look to her as an inspiration for the cottagecore and whimsigoth aesthetics that became popular in the 2020s.

If you’re attending a Stevie Nicks concert, you probably want to match your look to the vibe, taking some inspiration from her style. We’ll share a few ways to pay homage to Nicks’ classic looks while still being comfortable for the whole night.

Choosing Your Concert Outfit

When choosing an outfit, it’s important to consider comfort, especially if it’s at an outdoor venue or part of a music festival. You want to wear something you can move in and something that won’t get stepped on and torn if you’re in the pit at the show or as you move around.

When choosing a Stevie Nicks-inspired outfit, you’ll also want to choose a look that you’re physically and mentally comfortable wearing all night. Some of her daring looks may become a sensory nightmare for you if you hate a plunging neckline or the feeling of a big flowy sleeve.

Use Stevie Nicks as inspiration, but be sure that any new pieces you choose also reflect you and become something you’ll love wearing after the concert is over.

Stevie Nicks Concert Outfit Ideas: Pick Your Nicks Era

Taylor Swift wasn’t the first artist to have distinctive styles attached to her different albums. Nicks has some style variations that have accompanied various moments in her career, so you can take inspiration from your favorite album

Rumors Era

This is probably one of Fleetwood Mac’s most famous albums, featuring some of their best-known songs. On the album cover, Nicks appears in an all-black outfit. Her black dress has sheer asymmetrical elements in the sleeves and skirt, and she’s wearing black stockings and shoes.

To capture this era, choose a long black dress that also has sheer elements and asymmetrical details. You can elevate the look with a more modern silhouette, but add some classic Nicks-inspired accessories like sheer scarves and black tights.

Belladonna Era

Nicks released her first solo album, Belladonna,  in 1981. While some of Nicks’ signature style carried over from her work with Fleetwood Mac, she captures a more ethereal, dreamy look with the art on this album. On the cover, she wears a long white dress with sheer panels draping over her arms while she holds up a white bird.

You can choose a white dress with some dreamy features inspired by this album. Lace and embroidery were details Nicks often wore, so by choosing a white dress with these textures, you can capture the spirit of her fashion.

Mirage/The Wild Heart Era

In 1982, Fleetwood Mac released Mirage, and the following year Nicks released her second solo album, The Wild Heart. Both albums took a darker tone in their album art. The Wild Heart particularly captures the gothic and witchy vibes Nicks is often associated with.

Throughout her career, these witchy styles kept coming up. 

You can capture a similar witchy-boho look by choosing a black dress that features textural details that give it more visual interest. Bell sleeves were also a staple of Nicks’ fashion, so a big sleeve on a black dress is essential.

Classic Stevie Nicks Fashion Elements

You don’t have to recreate a specific outfit or be inspired by one particular album, of course. When choosing your outfit for Stevie Nicks’ concert, you can use some creativity to create a unique outfit inspired by the visual language Nicks used in the many outfits she performed and was photographed in throughout her career.

Wedding Dress-Inspired Looks

Despite often embracing dark colors, Nicks wore a great number of white dresses for performances and photoshoots. Many of them had wedding dress-like elements with lots of ruffles and layers. Many of them also featured large sleeves or cape elements.

You can play with a modern version of this wedding-inspired look by trying a trendy two-piece that still features Nicks-inspired ruffles and sheer elements.

Colorful Vintage Boho Looks

Despite Nicks using monochrome black and white looks frequently, she also captured the essence of the era. In the 1970s, interest in alternative styles with inspirations from around the world were capturing young people’s eyes. More was more, and many of these looks were maximalist masterpieces.

Nicks would often wear colorful scarves or blouses paired with wide-legged jeans or long handkerchief hem skirts. Patchworks of various colors and patterns, along with embroidery and metallic details, created a charming visual collage in her outfits.

You could similarly do a more dressed down look with a maxi skirt or jeans in a vintage cut, a cotton peasant blouse, and some colorful scarves or a long embroidered duster. You could even add some patches to your clothes for a DIY effect that was popular in the era.

While you can experiment with jeans and skirts, we do love dresses for the ease of a one-piece outfit, and a dress that features some unique color elements and details gives you a shortcut to a Stevie Nicks concert look.

Modern Cottagecore Looks

Stevie Nicks’ iconic style has influenced decades of alt-fashion. The 2020s cottagecore movement is the grandchild of the 1970s flower child movement in many ways. Some of the iconic elements that Nicks embraced, like long skirts, big sleeves, and colorful floral designs, are reimagined in modern cottagecore fashion.

Pay homage to Nicks while choosing a more contemporary style that you can wear to many other events by picking a dress with more structural elements.

While Nicks favored a lot of loose, floaty silhouettes, a corseted bodice is a great way to give you a little extra support. Rompers built into dresses are also a fun trend that gives you coverage with a higher leg slit or a shorter hem.

Whimsigoth Looks

Later in Nicks’ career, many of the styles she embraced moved away from the light, ethereal sheer elements she incorporated in the 1970s. By the 1990s, many of the outfits she performed in were reflective of the eclectic witchy vibes of that decade. Many people have since dubbed that style as “whimsigoth.”

As you might expect, the style incorporates gothic elements like dark colors and chunky silver jewelry, but it also has a slightly more whimsical edge to it with florals, handkerchief skirts, and sweetheart necklines. Channel Stevie Nicks in this later era by choosing fabrics like velvet and crepe in black or jewel tones. 

The key to this style is contrast: heavier fabrics paired with light fabrics, floaty asymmetrical skirts paired with chunky Doc Martens. Add a velvet ribbon choker with a silver charm to finish the outfit.

Accessorize Like Stevie Nicks

Even a simple dress or pair of jeans can be accessorized to blend in better at a Stevie Nicks concert. Look at old photographs from different eras of her career to get inspired and work with some pre-existing items in your wardrobe to create a unique look.

Adding a long duster or kimono cardigan as a top layer to your outfit almost instantly makes you look more like Stevie. Especially if the duster has lace, embroidery, or big hanging sleeves.

Colorful sheer scarves are also a great way to add to your outfit. Drape them over your shoulders or try tying them over your hips to add a layered skirt effect to your look.

Pay Homage to the Queen of Rock With Our Stevie Nicks Concert Outfit Ideas

Stevie Nicks has had an incredible decades-spanning career both with Fleetwood Mac and solo, and her eclectic style has become almost as famous as her musical talent. When you go to a Stevie Nicks concert, dressing the part is a fun way to show your love for this enduring artist.

By choosing pieces that you love and feel comfortable in, you can also reflect your own personal style and add a little Stevie Nicks to your wardrobe. This will help you have a concert outfit that you’re comfortable in and will wear again, rather than a costume you’ll cringe at later.