If your comfortable in black skinny jeans for a gig, thats probably ok. I just find that wearing mine to anything but a concert is a
bit restrictive to work in. As for the scarf: I have worn a black and white Keffiyeh to gigs before, and although its stylish (and the band loved it), it was way too hot and came off too eaisly. Hats, I nearly always wear some sort of hat, just not something thats too distracting. Usually dark grey or black. A v-neck? Sure. A low cut v-neck? People might think your part of the indie warmup act (especially when you add the keffiyeh or similar). My favorite "blacks" that I can always get away with (being the LD or in the booth or at the rock shows at my school where the band is more interested in the staff being "cool" than in black) is a Dickies studded belt. Combine with skiny jeans for indie acts, if you are just in the booth or doing mic checks on
stage. I usually go with black 5.11 TDU pants (in the tear-resistant version, with kneepads), black Redwing boots, a black "wife beater" style crap (these have no names that are not diggs at someone), a black undershirt of some sort over that, and then either a black band (or RodieRags, personal favorites for load ins at my school are "I dont need a 6' long, 500 lb
console to make me feel special" and "My three favorite words: Go
House Lights") t-shirt for R&R gigs or a black H&M collared shirt for
Theatre. If its rather cold, I have several commando sweaters that I wear on top of the collared shirt. My favorite has a Union
Jack on the shoulders, and it had a name pad on it too, so I had wardrobe make one with my name on it. Studded belt or black belt, depending on how nice of a show. I dont do things that require a suit, so I dont have a black suit for work (I do, however, have 2 suits, and you should have at least one). When I was doing a lot of indie gigs at my college, standard dress was just like the band except in black: skiny jeans (with black boots still tho, not Converse All Stars in whatever color), v-neck t-shirt in black instead of white, studded belt was a must, and a non-baseball hat in black (I prefer driving caps to the fedora that people seem to be wearing a lot of now). My experience is that often, the place you will be working will have some form of dress code, if its written down is another matter. For what its worth, I have worn full TDUs, a MOLLE vest and a boonie hat (all in black, for a specific show, thats what they wanted crew to look like) to work before.
Overall, no reason to look like junk, but also no reason to be ready to go clubbing. Comfortable and functional is the real rule, and I tend to be of the camp that feels that part of comfort is to feel good about your clothing choice. I can tell you for certain that you can have a lot of fashion in black, it just wont go out of style. rochem, people really give the runners masks and stuff? I feel like your
stage hands would look like a Special Forces
unit rather than
stage hands (maybe they can wear radio harnesses and put their tools in a thigh holder, and some Oakly Tactical Series sunglasses?).