What Are the Building Blocks of Beautiful Cold-Weather Evening Looks?

I am sharing with you a list of clothes and accessories that I have found to be the building blocks of my best cold-weather evening looks. I’m sure that you have many of them in your closet already. You may find others that you’d like to add to your wardrobe for a variety of new evening outfits. Included are over half a dozen tips to guide your best choices. Age doesn’t matter.

Mix and match from what you have out of the pieces below. For last-minute evenings out, just choose something from these ideas to add to your day outfit. I hope that this helps inspire new ways of wearing what you have. I’d love for you to let me know by leaving a reply below this post!

All references to leather in this post are recommended to be faux, in order to be kind to animals.

Clothes and accessories that are the building blocks of beautiful cold-weather evening looks:

• Tip:  Velour tops and pants mix well with dressier pieces for a more comfortable outfit.

TOPS

1. A gold, silver or bronze top (such as a blouse or tunic)
2. A metallic sweater
3. An embellished sweater (beaded, sequin, fur collar, etc.)
4. A velvet top
5. A sheer blouse

   

6. A silk and/or satin blouse
7. A lace top
8. A lace turtleneck
9. A cashmere sweater and/or cardigan

TOPPERS

1. Tip:  Leather jackets (moto jackets, blazers, cardigans with leather details) toughen up girly pieces.
2. Tip:  A jean jacket dresses down clothes that are too fancy.
3. A tuxedo jacket
4. An embellished cardigan
5. A faux fur vest
6. A velvet jacket

BOTTOMS

1. Tip:  Any pair of trousers dresses up easily with special-occasion tops.
2. Tip:  Skinny pants of any sort go with all of your evening tunics.
3. Tip:  Jeans go with everything, except for the fanciest occasions.
4. Gray or navy flannel pants
5. Black leather pants
6. A black skirt (chiffon, lace, sequin, tulle, leather and/or maxi)
7. Velvet jacket, skirt and/or pants (as a suit or just in a matching color)

DRESSES

1. A velvet dress
2. A little black dress and/or black maxi-dress
3. A sequined or crystal-studded dress

ACCESSORIES

1. Tip:  Sparkly hair ornaments turn a bad hair day into a good one.
2. A gold or rhinestone cuff or two
3. Statement necklace or earrings
4. A faux fur scarf
5. A metallic scarf

Like this post?  You might like to find more evening outfit ideas in my Evening category HERE.

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