Solid-Color Dresses and Wardrobe Staple Dresses

How to Dress Up a Solid-Color Dress

Solid-color dresses are true wardrobe staples because you really can dress them up or down to suit both casual and fancy occasions. How you style your solid-color dress depends on your mood, personal style preferences, and the plans you’ve made. While the simplest way to do this is to choose casual accessories for laidback daytime events and dressier accessories for fancier evening events, here are a few tips to help you dress up your solid-color dress with extra stylish flair.

• Keep your solid-color dress the star of your outfit. Pair up your solid-color dress with accessories in muted neutral hues that support, but don’t overwhelm, the beautiful color of your dress. Choose complementary neutral hues that go well with your solid-color dress to create a cohesive, flattering look.
• Level up the glam with metallics. This is a great way to elevate solid-color maxi dresses from daytime fun to a night out. Go for gold or silver jewelry that suits the warm or cool tone of your solid-color dress, then find a clutch and shoes to match or mix metals for an ultra-sophisticated, modern edge.
• Choose a “pop” element. If you keep most of your outfit tonal, then you can pick a single vibrant item that stands out and becomes the focal point of your entire look. Imagine how a solid-color mini dress might look with a stylish patterned scarf and how the vertical motion of eyes being drawn up to that pop of print can be incredibly flattering. Prefer to draw attention down? A fun pair of heels can do the trick! Think about where you want others to look when you’re wearing your solid-color wardrobe staple dress and make that where you accessorize with an eye-catching detail.
• Layer your solid-color dress with intention. Visually break up the single block of color on your wardrobe staple dress by adding a warm layer like an open-knit shawl, chic cardigan, or a tailored blazer. In cool weather seasons, you can also give solid-color dresses with sleeves extra warmth by pairing them up with colorful patterned leggings or neutral-hued tights. Don’t forget that you can play with textures when layering too! Consider how a shiny satin midi solid-color dress gets an instant upgrade with a textured belt defining the waist, or how a beautiful lace shrug pulled over a solid-color cotton summer dress can enhance the casual boho vibe.

However you choose to style your solid-color dress, you’ll be ready to impress in any style from Oh Pretty. Crafted with impeccable attention to detail and an eye for the feminine figure, the solid-color dresses in the above collection are incredibly flattering in every hue. Perfect wardrobe staple dresses, these styles feature a variety of trendy designs, like cut outs, corsets, ruffles, and more. Discover solid-color dresses with sleeves, midi styles for professional functions, solid-color mini summer dresses, and simple maxi styles too. Wherever you plan to go this season, enjoy the modern, minimalist appeal of Oh Pretty’s solid-color dresses and all the fun you can have accessorizing them to create different looks for each occasion.