Night

What Night is

Night is one of Squarespace's own free 7.1 templates, built on Fluid Engine and styled as a portfolio site for a fashion stylist who works on television, film and editorial shoots. The demo is dark, near-black with light serif and monospace type, and the sample copy is written for a "goth styling" practice. The old listing on this page described Night as a lookbook and product template for fashion and beauty brands; it is not. There is no shop and no lookbook section in the demo, it is a four page portfolio for a creative professional.

What it does

The home page opens with a full height hero, a short statement of what the stylist does, a single testimonial quote and a booking call to action. The Portfolio page is a Squarespace portfolio collection with seven placeholder projects, each of which opens as its own page so you can build a case study per shoot. The About page uses accordion blocks to lay out a story, a process and an experience section, then three short columns for film, editorial and commercial work. Contact is a simple page with a form and social links. Because it is a Fluid Engine template you can drag any block anywhere on the grid, and the whole colour and type system lives in Site Styles, so switching from dark to light is a palette change rather than a rebuild.

Who it suits

Stylists, makeup artists, hair artists, costume designers and other creative freelancers who need to show a body of work and take bookings. It also works for photographers and small studios that want a moody, editorial feel. If you sell products, look elsewhere: the structure here is portfolio first.

One honest caveat

Night is a starting point, not a finished site. In my experience the free Squarespace templates give you a mood and a page skeleton, and you still do the real work: replacing every placeholder image, writing copy and deciding whether the dark palette suits your brand. The demo also has no blog and no scheduling, so if you take bookings you will need to add Acuity or a third party tool yourself.

Setup

Night is free and included with every Squarespace plan, including Personal. You choose it when you start a new site, or preview the demo and click to start from it. There is no licence to buy and no code to install. Squarespace 7.1 does not let you switch templates on an existing site, so if you have an existing 7.1 site you would start a fresh trial with Night and move your content across.

Related guide

I keep a full list of Squarespace templates on SquareLocator, including the templates for fashion brands collection where Night sits alongside paid alternatives. If you are not sure whether a free Squarespace template or a designer template is the better route, read my guide on how to choose the right Squarespace template.