Plaid Dress as a Skirt
Blog Note: Whoot! I was provided a gorgeous Karina Penelope dress for this review!
The Chief Blonde is wearing the Karina Penelope dress in purple plaid ($158), J. Crew Jacket (old, similar here), Loft Sweater (Old, similar), Jewelry (Rummage sale finds), Kelly and Katie Boots (similar).
Sometimes You have to Make Do
Occasionally, you have to make do. Sometimes, that works out just fine. For example, I was running short of time but had to get pictures of this outfit taken. Walt and I squeezed in a quick 3 minute shoot while at Sam’s Club getting our tires rotated. Hey, they had holiday decor! I figure it worked.
It’s like this lovely Karina Penelope dress. It has a criss-cross v-front, small gathers on front and back bodice, waistband with pleated skirt, and pockets!!! I love how it is not a big flowy skirt, but a little more fitted. For this outfit, you would just assume it was a skirt unless I told you otherwise, right? I made “Do” to wear this as a skirt and ended up loving the look. I will be doing this a lot more often.
Karina Dresses are for Every “body”
Here’s a few of my friends in Karina dresses as well.
Thanks to Jennifer from Makobi Scribe, Jennifer from Sweep Tight, and Makobi’s friend,Vovoa!
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In this post, the Chief Blonde is wearing the Penelope dress. Buy the Penelope dress. In the picture above, the Chief Blonde sports 3 other Karina Dresses. Left to right: Sophie Dress Review or Buy it! Meagan Dress Review or Buy it! Gala Dress Review or Buy it!
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very pretty! i love purple plaid!
I really love the purple plaid, it looks great!
Ha ha, you totally fooled me! I thought you were wearing a skirt!!
The purple looks great on you, love the idea of making it a skirt!
Plaid is back in
I love how you layered! It looks awesome! 🙂 The dress alone is almost too much plaid but by layering, you pull it off nicely and I LOVE it !
I love the way you styled this dress! It looks amazing!
Such a great dress. I like how you layered it for winter. I love plaid also and the purple plaid is a stunner. Merry Christmas, a bit late!
blue hue wonderland
Merry Christmas and Happy New YEar to you Ann. So glad to have discovered you this year! SHelley
I love the color purple and i love the plaid! this is a fab dress and you rock it girl!
I simply love this look with the sweater and jacket. It is so becoming on you.
Love the way it’s styled! The plaid is so pretty.
I like that. You look good. It is a really good color for you. The black belt and boots just make it look even better.
THanks Elle!!
That looks so nice on you! I’ve never worn plaid because I’m not sure if I would look great in it. But you made me want to at least try!
Such a lovely dress. And I love how it looks on different body types!
How adorable are you!! Love the way you styled this it came out awesome! Oh and I LOVE the picture to the left of the rest of your Karina outfits. THat was a super cute outfit!
I just adore the color of that Penelope dress and how you styled it to look like a skirt, so versatile. Karina dresses are so flattering on so many ages and figures. I’d love to try one and see how comfortable they are too!
That is such a lovely dress for fall/winter. I love the way you layered it too.
I love the purple! In any other color it might look like a schoolgirl dress but it’s absolutely perfect in that shade. I really like how you paired it with a jacket to make it look like a skirt. Great outfit.
That is cute as a skirt. I’m not sure I could pull off plaid but it looks cute on you!
Like the purple plaid!