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Upgrade Your White Dress Ensemble

christdean | May 17, 2010 |

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A white dress is a classic, how many times have you heard of that? But surely, everyone agrees. The trend was born perhaps a couple of centuries back, but it has lived on, and continued to grace women's closet through time. The wonderful thing about white is its ultimate versatility. Dress it up or dress it down effortlessly, and you can take one single white outfit to several venues. But dressing down a white dress is not that hard a task, and I bet anyone can be a master of easily. However, if you want to upgrade the look of your simple white dress, here are a few tricks that might help:

Add some gold details. Gold and white is said to be the most perfect combination to bring out a subtle elegance like no other. If your white dress already has some gold details to it, gold lace trimmings perhaps, or gold beads, it would be a fabulous touch up. However your classic white linen dress can be as grand. Look for a subtle gold clutch and strappy heels of the same hue, and team it up with your white dress. A brooch, earrings and a matching bracelet and a chain belt in gold might be wonderful options as well.

Team it up with Silver. White worn with silver speaks of sophistication and sex appeal. Silver could be a bit flashy, but it stays safely on the subtle side, thus, you can wear it even on afternoons and transition gracefully to your evening rendezvous. Silver add-on ideas to your white dress could be jewelries, clutch, pin and footwear.

Black and white - - - a powerful combination. They could be two opposing colors, but when blended together, makes a wonderful mix of two contrast characters: sweet and bold, youthfulness and assurance, and lots of self-confidence. The strong tone of black does not in any way take over white, but instead, highlight its special qualities. Pair a white mini dress with black mid-calf gladiators, or maybe something flashy like a pair of knee-high boots - - - how more upgraded could you go? Add in a carefully selected black hip belt, or maybe a matching black designer clutch, and you would never fail to wow the crowd.

Sophisticated white dresses may not need so much upgrading but adding a few more touches would stretch your appeal an extra mile. More ways are known to easily upgrade womens white linen dresses, but gold, silver and black are unmistakable options.