Style your dress - from the office to a party

From the office to the party

Ahhh, it's so nice when you have the whole day to get ready for a party. You can take your time taking a shower, shaving your legs, putting on a face mask, it's so nice, but hey? It's not always like that - sometimes you can barely change clothes from the office to the party, and don't worry, we're here to guide you on how to style the same dress for a day at the office as well as a party.

Party accessories

It can be said so simply; it's all about the accessories that can help you dress your dress up or down.
To dress down your dress so that it is suitable for a trip to the office, it is relevant to look at your footwear , where flat shoes can give a more comfortable and everyday look, and wearing shoes or boots with a chunky sole can also help make the look more everyday, but in a more raw direction.
When you want to dress up your dress for a party, a pair of heels will typically create a more elegant and festive look. In addition, you will typically want to accessorize your dress with jewelry and possibly a nice bag , because the right jewelry can make a big difference in the final look.

The perfect dress

Okay, now we said it's all about the accessories, and accessories do have a lot to say, but it's also clear that you need to choose a dress that has potential for a day at the office as well as a party. Just to give you an example, it can be really difficult to dress down a prom dress for the office, no matter what you do. Of course, this is an extreme case, and in most situations a dress can do both, so basically it's a matter of common sense.
If you're unsure about which dresses can handle both situations, or if you're unsure about stepping into a situation where you have to dress up and down for the office and a party, there's a simple solution: The little black dress, you know. It's the easiest place to start, because as Karl Lagerfeld once said, you're never over- or underdressed in a little black dress, so it's hard to go wrong in the city, and it's the perfect dress to practice in. We're definitely going to give it a try right here.

Styling the little black dress

Shouldn't we try to look at how to style a dress from the office to a party with an example from our collection?
In this example, we will start with our Helena dress in black. This dress is a good example of the little black dress, as it is, yes, short and black, but also relatively simple in its design. This means that it is not too flashy for the office, but also that it is easy to style with nice accessories.

The first thing we would start adding to the office look is a pair of chunky boots, which can add a raw look to the relatively elegant dress, while also helping to keep the look down to earth. Specifically, our choice would fall on our Lucia boots in black, because they themselves also manage to unite the raw with the elegant. In addition, the length of the shaft will be a good match with the short dress, so there will be some contrast here.
Next, we wanted to add a blazer to tone down the look a little more to the professional side, so that the look is not so much elegant and festive, but more elegant and professional. Actually, both a black and a colorful blazer can work in this combination, as a pure black look never goes wrong, but we want to add a little tasteful color to life, and therefore our choice would be an Emelie blazer in navy, because the color makes the look a little more interesting to look at, while the stripes create some play that will go well with the rest of the outfit. Specifically, this blazer will also go well with the dress due to the length of the blazer, which does not exceed the length of the short dress.

When it comes to styling the dress for a party, we have to look at the choice of footwear again, and here we would choose our Myra stilettos in gold. This stiletto is also available in black with shiny stones, which will go well with styling with silver jewelry, but in this example we will be working with gold jewelry, and therefore Myra in gold fits better than the black variant. The general choice of the Myra stiletto is that a lot of bling is added, which helps to create attention to the look, and the fact that gold stilettos have been chosen here also adds a bit of color, which is perfect for a black dress.
Next, accessories in the form of jewelry should be added, and since this is a very timeless and elegant dress, it can carry several types of accessorization - you can choose to wear statement jewelry, but in this example we are going with jewelry that matches the elegance of the dress. Here we are thinking of adding our Sofia earrings in gold together with our Chloe necklace in gold. Not only do these pieces of jewelry fit together perfectly, but pearls have a certain elegance about them that goes perfectly with the rest of the look. It also gives you the opportunity to combine with a ring and bracelet of your choice, as the chosen jewelry is very subdued and therefore both gives room for a bracelet and ring in the same character, but also gives room for something that stands out.
Finally, you need a nice bag to carry your phone, keys and wallet. With a look based on black and either gold or silver (depending on your jewelry preference), you can choose a bag in almost any color. Black will go well with the rest of the look, but this is also where you can add color to the outfit, and that's what we want to do. That's why our choice for this style is the Sofie bag in green . In addition to the beautiful details in the trim, the bag has a beautiful, deep green color and a size that fits perfectly with the bare essentials. It will be a good price over the i with this particular bag, but as I said, most bags can work in this combination.

We hope you learned how to style your dress from the office to a party.