Outfit Remix; Floral Dress 2 Ways

The weather has been AMAZE-ING lately, no? I have been slowly integrating more summer-y, warm weather clothing as the late afternoon temperatures rise. It means bare legs but maintaining light layers to manage against the cool morning chill.

I always like to make sure I am buying items, especially summer items that are more than a one trick pony. That means I can style them a number of ways, even if at first glance you think well it’s a dress, I will just put it on and be done with it.

Ok to make a point of how easy it is to change-up a look I just switched out the open knit sweater for the white Zara blazer. And a couple of accessories. Et Voila!

The first look is fairly casual. Like afternoon beers on the patio casual.Whereas the second look is a bit more formal like date night formal.

I kept the casual outfit really simple. A chunky necklace and vintage cameo pinky ring. And my “I feel cool” aviator sunglasses.

I actually really love how this outfit turned out. The key was getting the sweater to sit just right so that it looked cool, not frumpy.

This outfit, even though there is more going on, took less effort. Ok well figuring out whether to belt over the jacket (the pockets make this a NO) or under the jacket took me a while, but mentally putting a blazer over a dress is a no brainer.

One thing about this dress is I actually wish it had more of a natural waist. But I love the colour and the pleated skirt. It maybe just me but I think the pleated skirt is what makes this style remix work in that it allows the dress to be worn as a skirt or a dress with ease.

Outfit details: Dress Everly via Ruche, Open knit sweater JCREW (new cashmere version), wedges JCREW (old), jewellery vintage, Sunglasses Maui Jim.

Outfit Details: Dress Everly via Ruche (no longer available but liking this and this from Forever 21), Blazer Zara, Wedges JCREW (old but these are similar), jewellery Stella & Dot.