Winterizing Dresses

It’s hard to believe that the weather is twenty degrees warmer than it was last week yet is still below zero.  That’s Canadian winter for ya and it means that a Dressember girl‘s gotta find a way to cope.  I posted ages ago about wearing summer dresses in cooler weather and decided then that there are just some dresses that can’t transition to winter.  I thought that about my Liberty Art Fabric dress…

Then this morning, my darling daughter put on her Liberty Art Fabric-esque dress because she marches to her own beat, and I thought, if she can do it, I can do it…

I have styled dresses with a sweater over top before, but it’s not always a successful venture.  My best advice is to pair a shorter sweater with your dresses so your waist doesn’t get lost, and to try on your dress/sweater combos before committing.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s worth a try to winterize your dress and get an extra season or two of wearing potential!  To summerize (!) (punny), in order to winterize your dress:

1. add a sweater over top or a cozy cardigan (pay attention to the hem lines!)
2. accessorize
3. add tights
4. add boots
5. add a scarf before you leave the house