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How To Look Pretty During The Winter Months

The chilly months of the year is when you’re mosted tempted to live in sweats and heavy sweaters all the time, and let’s face it, it’s just not that attractive or feminine. While there is nothing wrong with a pair of sweats, it should be the exception in a woman’s wardrobe, not your go-to every day outfit. Here are some great suggestions for feminine dress during the winter months.

1. Stockings- there is just no way to get through the winter without stockings if you hope to wear pretty skirts and dresses. With flattering stockings and a good pair of attractive boots, most dresses and skirts can be worn throughout the autumn and winter months. Women can wear a pretty sweaterdress, wool skirt, and beautiful, fitted, colorful tops in warm cashmere, ribbed cotton, or other cozy materials. There is no reason why a woman must live in sweatpants and sweatshirts (or even own them, but that is another story). Just be sure to avoid heavily patterned stockings or stockings with horizontal lines.

tights stockings for winter

2. Pretty accessories- a scarf in a bright jewel color or a delicate pastel, made from soft materials, with fringe or flowers or other feminine trim, is a great way to dress up a drab winter outfit. If your wardrobe is made up of greys, browns and blacks, get colorful and girly accessories.

pretty pink scarf roses

Pretty, feminine gloves in pink suede, or jade angora, or trimmed with fur or ruffles…the possibilites are endless, so get beautiful gloves too that are clearly for women.

feminine fingerless gloves

3. Beautiful coats! I find the most beautiful coats in stores this year, in flattering shapes and colors and with beautiful trimming…even Target is on board with lovely, feminine outerwear and coats, such as this one:

pretty feminine red coat

4. Pretty dresses- winter dresses can be incredibly pretty, and are available in warm materials such as wool and cashmere. A lovely wool shift, a knit sweaterdress, or a cute jumper that can be layered over a turtleneck, will all keep you cozy during blizzards and snowstorms.

pretty dress

5. Layer clothes to keep warm, such as turtlenecks, cardigans, etc. Add a beautiful, colorful cardigan over your outfit for extra warmth or wear a turtleneck under a sweater or vest, especially in the fall and spring. If you find yourself warmer in the afternoon, you can simply take off the extra layer, and put it back on again as the night approaches and the air becomes crisper.

belted cardigan

Don’t forget pretty hats and fun handbags! With a little planning before shopping, any woman can have an incredibly appealing, beautiful, and feminine wardrobe all year-round.