Sweater over a Dress

The idea of wearing a sweater over a dress is not a new idea.  I am revisiting it because I think that it is a great way to expand your closet and think of your dresses as skirts. I am sharing some older pictures at the end of this post to give you some more inspiration ideas and you will notice that in those outfits I usually chose neutral sweaters. This time, I wanted to do something a little different and decided to wear my “magic dress” which I shared earlier this year. This was actually the first time I wore it for more than just pictures: it was a Sunday church outfit.

This dress is more of a bodycon dress so it departs from my other outfits in that manner too. The length of the dress can be adjusted, but since it was winter and a church outfit, I kept it midi length. I used the colors in the dress to chose my sweater, but I could also have gone with a burgundy one I have.

The nice thing about this dress is that the overly large sleeves wrap around in a multitude of ways and in this case, I wrapped them around the waist which created a belt of sorts. I then tucked the front of the sweater in it.

I don’t wear my 2 pairs of tall boots very often as they have  higher heel but they look great with dresses. The other pair is featured below (tan). Because I do not wear them often, both pairs barely show any signs of wear.

January has been an exercise is creativity in the kitchen and in my closet: by deciding to do a reset month of working on sticking to a grocery budget more strictly and in not shopping (even thrifting), I have had fun coming up with blog posts reminding people that they do not need to constantly add to their closet, but need to rethink about how they can wear or pair things. I love having something new, but a little restraint is great for the budget, the environment and for creativity!

So here are some ways I wore sweaters over dresses: my take away is that I like this combo best with maxi dresses.

This combo below that I wore exactly the same twice is probably my favorite. The funny thing is that the dress was not a favorite: the color didn’t do much for me, but it looked great with my tan sweater.

The combo worked with the shorter dresses too, but I do not feel like it’s as pretty of a look.

A critique of the first look below: the sweater needs to be cinched or tucked into to create a more flattering waistline. The grey sweater is the same as the tan one above so it works pretty well over dresses as it gathers at the waist and can be easily adjusted higher or lower.

Well, I hope I left you with a lot of inspiration and you will go in to your closet and try a sweater over a dress combination!

A bientôt!

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