Have you been looking for stylish ways to wear cardigans for women? The following twelve outfit ideas will surely inspire you to get creative with your cardigan for spring, summer, and fall.
Michelle Obama is an epitome of women´s love affair with cardigans. Did you notice the many fabulous ways she wears cardigans? What is it with this type of sweater that makes us love it so much?
Whether it´s to protect you from the office´s air conditioner, cover your shoulders when you´re wearing a sleeveless, keep you cozy when it´s a little chilly outdoor, cinch your upper part, or to simply style up a look, cardigan is a very versatile fashion staple. Cardigans for women are a gift to every fashionista, here are five cute looks to inspire you.
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1. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Cardigan with Printed Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress / Stockings / Boots
Very cute and alluring is the result of a mustard cardigan layered over a dark print dress, heart spotted tights, and lace up ankle boots. Although an empire dress is best for this look, you can take any form even an A-line dress but make sure to cinch the waist with a slim belt. The tights, even if it´s spotted, is almost a transparent black so it just goes nicely with the printed dress.
2. Cardigan with Leg Warmers
Get the Look: Cardigan
For a cool and chic streetwear, try working with a mix of dark neutrals and some earthy hues. This look features a nude long cardigan over a dark gray jumper, black skirt, and black tights. Add a thick burgundy scarf to wrap aroung your neck and match with a pair of burgundy leg warmers. Complete with black lace up half boots for more attitude.
3. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Cardigan with Skirt
Get the Look: Cardigan / Skirt / Loafers
Embrace your youth with a colored cardigan teamed with skater skirt. A layer pleated skirt is an alternative too. This look is actually more about mixing complementary colors. The rule is to take three colors to blend together and add a neutral such as white, gray or black to balance the entire mix.
4. Cardigan with Beige Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress
Beige and nude are great spring colors. Layer over a beige pleated dress a dark nude cropped cardigan, you can roll the sleeves if it´s warm enough, then complete with black opaque tights and black flats or pumps. Accessorize with some playful necklace and sweet bracelets.
5. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Cardigan with Riding Boots
Get the Look: Cardigan / Boots
For a fall/autumn transitional outfit, pair a long sweater with a knitted sweater, tights, long scarf, and riding boots. You can choose to go for a striped sweater because stripe is still trending as ever.
6. V-Neck Long Cardigan with Silk Shorts
Get the Look: Cardigan / T-Shirt / Shorts
Time to layer lovely colors with long-knit cardigans, dresses and fun separates, ladies. Lemon yellow cardigan over a bright orange stripes cropped top and light blue high waist silk shorts? Why not? Polish the look with pastel accessories.
7. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Lemon Cardigan + Canary Green Tank
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress
Long cardigans are best for creating casual chic outfits. To brighten up a dull day, opt for bright colored cardies and throw them over some brightly colored or fun printed combos.
Banana yellow cardigan and canary green tank dress make for a really refreshing combination. For running errands or weekend stroll around the city, wear it with some white converse sneakers.
8. Purple Long Cardigan with Striped Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress
Wearing an all-purple combo can be matronly, we know that, but a simple trick to inject youngness to a purple long knit cardigan is by wearing it with a trendy, black and white striped dress. Keep your accessories in purple and black.
9. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Yellow Long-Knit Cardigan with Printed Sleeveless Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress / Sneakers
Have fun with yellow. If you have a fresh floral print dress in yellow, orange and aquarelle, pull everything together with a banana yellow long knit cardigan and some yellow sneakers or sandals. Are you into layering of bright colored cardigans?
10. Khaki Long Cardigan with Denim Patchwork
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress / Sandals / Bag
Do you shy away from bright colors and prefer neutral, earthy tones instead?
Try it with a denim patchwork dress. As you can see, the dress has colors that match and complement the khaki cardi. Wear it with brown flat sandals and a casual brown handbag. This look is very summer, but you can also wear it to the beach.
11. Khaki Long Cardigan with Brown Bow Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress
Wear it with a gray dress featuring brown or gold accents such as a belt or buttons. I love that the dress is about an inch longer the cardigan; it follows the rule of hem length. Complete the look with some brown or gold wedge sandals.
12. Stylish Ways to Wear Cardigans for Women: Khaki Long Cardigan with Neutral Print Dress
Get the Look: Cardigan / Dress
This khaki knit cardigan will also look great with a mint print mini dress. See how refreshing is the result to the eyes while still keeping it true with earthy tones. Add some brown flat sandals and a brown cross body bag.
13. Long Beige Cardigan on Straight Cut Jeans
Get the Look: Cardigan / Top / Jeans
There are several reasons why we love cardigans. I use them to cover my shoulders when I wear sleeveless dresses to church. I wrap up in one when I need to stay warm from the chill of an air condition at the office, or from the breeze outdoor in fall and spring. For some of us though, cardigans are a way to hide some unwanted curves. But more often than not, they are meant to protect us from the cold.
14. Printed Long Cardigan Over Denim and Leather
Get the Look: Cardigan / Shirt / Pants / Boots
And yet, more than just an outer layer, cardigans can also be a key player in our outfit whether it´s for work, for a date, or for the street.
Which from these stylish ways to wear cardigans for women would you like to try this spring? Are you into bright looks or earthy tones?
