5 Wardrobe Maximizers
If it takes you more than five minutes to get dressed in the morning, then you might need some maximizers. They are the superheroes in your wardrobe: they go with just about anything and are like high-style workhorses. Look at any chic woman from the last 40 years and her closet is usually filled with Maximizers. Here are five pieces that can be worn in dozens of ways, and will maximize the rest of your wardrobe.
Wear:
Under blazers; under sweaters; under a shift dress; with wide-leg trousers; with stovepipe trousers; with jeans; with leather pants; with a pencil skirt, full skirt, lace skirt, sequin skirts, or tailored mini skirt; with cropped trousers; with denim shorts; with cargo pants
Loft Boyfriend Softened Shirt, $54.50
Wear:
With skirts; with skinny, tailored pants for work; over an evening or cocktail dress; all weekend long, layered under a light coat for winter or a blazer for late fall; layered over a denim jacket
Gap Quilted Leather Moto Jacket, $328
Wear:
Under a chunky or fitted sweater (add a belt); under a full skirt like a proper lingerie slip (add a short cardigan); with every shoe from sneakers to tall boots to strappy sandals to military boots; on it’s own, just add jewelry or a metallic belt for night
Babaton Templeton Dress, $75
Wear:
With a menswear button-down shirt; with a silk blouse; with a fitted sweater tucked in or belted on top; with a lacy top for evening; with a leather jacket, striped t-shirt & lace-up oxford flats for weekend
Topshop Botanical Embroidered A-line Skirt, $90.00
Wear:
With a blazer; with a leather jacket; with a cropped sweater; with an oversized sweater; with a drapey or printed silk shirt, or an oversized button-down shirt; with a structured sweatshirt; with a plain white tee, striped tee, or turtleneck; with a tuxedo jacket; with a silk tank; with loafers, ankle boots, kitten-heel pumps, stiletto pumps, or sneakers
Topshop Houndstooth Cigarette Trousers, $84
1. Slightly Oversized Menswear Button-Down Shirt
Wear:
Under blazers; under sweaters; under a shift dress; with wide-leg trousers; with stovepipe trousers; with jeans; with leather pants; with a pencil skirt, full skirt, lace skirt, sequin skirts, or tailored mini skirt; with cropped trousers; with denim shorts; with cargo pants
Loft Boyfriend Softened Shirt, $54.50
2. Leather Jacket
Wear:
With skirts; with skinny, tailored pants for work; over an evening or cocktail dress; all weekend long, layered under a light coat for winter or a blazer for late fall; layered over a denim jacket
Gap Quilted Leather Moto Jacket, $328
3. Slip Dress
Wear:
Under a chunky or fitted sweater (add a belt); under a full skirt like a proper lingerie slip (add a short cardigan); with every shoe from sneakers to tall boots to strappy sandals to military boots; on it’s own, just add jewelry or a metallic belt for night
Babaton Templeton Dress, $75
4. A-Line Wool Skirt
Wear:
With a menswear button-down shirt; with a silk blouse; with a fitted sweater tucked in or belted on top; with a lacy top for evening; with a leather jacket, striped t-shirt & lace-up oxford flats for weekend
Topshop Botanical Embroidered A-line Skirt, $90.00
5. Slim, Ankle-Cropped Pant
Wear:
With a blazer; with a leather jacket; with a cropped sweater; with an oversized sweater; with a drapey or printed silk shirt, or an oversized button-down shirt; with a structured sweatshirt; with a plain white tee, striped tee, or turtleneck; with a tuxedo jacket; with a silk tank; with loafers, ankle boots, kitten-heel pumps, stiletto pumps, or sneakers
Topshop Houndstooth Cigarette Trousers, $84
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