One Dress Two Ways

Today, I’m taking a casual dress from Old Navy and styling it two different ways.  I’ve got lots of pictures with this post, and a helpful trick for making a knot in your summer tees.  I even made a knot in this swing dress to change up the look.

Dress | Earrings Similar Here And Here | Shoes Similar Here And Here

This Old Navy Dress comes in several colors/patterns and is just under $15!  I don’t usually wear a lot of jewelry, so for this look I decided to just let my tassel earrings (similar ones Here and Here) take center stage.

The Dress is very flowy so I thought I would try knotting it at the waist for a more fitted look.

You see a lot of tops right now that have a tie or knot at the waist.  You can get that look by doing it yourself with any over sized tee or even a swing dress.  For an easy way to achieve this look, I like to use a hair band.  You could use any coordinating color or clear hair band color.  I just gather a little material, pull it through the hair band, and wrap the band round it just like you make a ponytail in your hair.

I try to make it as loose as possible so it doesn’t stretch the material out, but also so it will stay put.  Here is a closer look.

My hair band was actually dark brown which is what I had on hand at the time.  The band usually doesn’t show very much, but you could match colors if you wanted.

Now for look number two, I just let the dress hang as it is.

Dress | Similar Necklace Here And Here | Similar Shoes Here And Here

The center piece for this look with the Swing Dress is my pendant necklace.  Mine was a gift from my mother-in-law.  She always brings us family members such pretty unique gifts when she travels!  I’ve got many black and gold pendants linked in the widget above.  A Black Tassel Necklace would also be pretty too.

For my shoes, I went with some lower heeled slides.  Mine are older Clarks.  I found these Black Clark Slides if you are a fan of their shoes.

Have a beautiful day!