The sweater dress is no doubt a winter essential for dress lovers. In fact, we’re willing to bet that a big percentage our readers who live in the colder climates is wearing one right now.
Hilary Duff shows what to wear with a sweater dress in Los Angeles, California on December 13, 2012
The sweater dress is easily one of our most-loved dress styles but we all know that even our all-time favorites need spicing up every now and then.
If you’re looking to switch up the style of your sweater dress, allow Hilary Duff to show you a little trick she demonstrated on the streets of Beverly Hills about a week ago.
Hilary Duff is wearing her sweater dress the usual way, meaning with a pair of opaque tights and knee-high boots. But then she added that studded collar necklace and suddenly her whole getup doesn’t look so “usual” anymore! :
Hilary Duff wears a sweater dress with a studded collar necklace
It’s such an easy and simple yet effective styling trick, we kind of want to smack our foreheads why we didn’t think of it ourselves.
Well, maybe we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves because Hilary Duff’s own sweater dress already comes with that studded collar. It’s this Gryphon rugby stripe dress which you can wear with or without the necklace piece.
Gryphon Rugby Stripe Dress With Studs, $365.00 at Shopbop
An optional sequined collar adds unexpected shine to a striped sweater dress, creating a unique mix of posh and prep.
You can get Hilary Duff’s own dress or do your own mixing and matching starting with these collar necklaces.
1. Dannijo ‘Liliya’ collar necklace, $656.00; 2. Erickson Beamon ‘Twisted Sister’ collar, $1,520.00; 3. Dannijo ‘Traina’ collar necklace, $876.00
Slip them over these striped and cable knit sweater dresses.
Torn by Ronny Kobo ‘Cecilia’ cruise stripes dress, $248.00; Theory ‘Mayly’ fleck sweater dress, 335.00; Birds of Paradis by Trovata striped sweater dress, $298.00
You’ll achieve the look a la Hilary Duff with the sweater dresses above but it’ll also be fun to experiment with a printed sweater dress, a flared skirt sweater dress and even a slouchy sweater dress. Check these out:
Alice by Temperley ‘Santos’ fitted knit dress, $395.00; Daftbird long sleeve dress, $137.00; Rag & Bone ‘Lisbeth’ embroidered sweater dress, $595.00
Ready to get the look? You’ll find of the collar necklaces and sweater dresses featured here at Shopbop.
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