6th in a Series of Velvet Outfit Ideas: How to Style a Velvet Dress

Every year during the holiday season, between Thanksgiving and New Year, I do a series of festive outfit ideas. A few years ago, the series was on velvet:  velvet tops, bottoms, coverups and a number of style tips, including how to wear velvet every day. You can find the links to these posts below this article. How to Style a Velvet Dress is the sixth in the series. It is now updated to provide you with the highest quality content. I hope it will help you to make your dress more versatile, as it can take you from day to evening throughout the Fall and Winter months. In fact, a velvet slip dress can work year round!

How to Style a Velvet Dress

You can style velvet of all sorts, from velour to silk velvet, in casual ways as well as in dressed-up looks. I have outfit ideas that encompass the spectrum of possibilities. Age doesn’t matter. I hope that you’ll enjoy creating new ways of putting together the things you have and the new things you purchase.

All references to leather or fur are meant to be faux in order to be kind to animals.

Outfit Ideas for Wearing a Velvet Dress With a Topper (or Two)

• Wear a faux fur jacket over a velvet dress. Add a fedora.
• Pair a velvet dress with a cardigan sweater. If you get warm, drape the cardi around your shoulders. Add boots.
• To a velvet dress and fur vest, add necklaces + bracelets + rings + tights + boots.
• Add a suede vest, fringed or not, to a velvet dress.
• Pair a velvet dress with a printed or embroidered duster. 

• You can cover up a body-conscious velvet dress with a faux leather jacket and dress it down with sneakers.
• Or top a velvet dress with a black moto jacket and add black ankle boots.
• Top a velvet dress with a black leather jacket. Add a statement pendant & gold stacking rings.
• A velvet dress + a motorcycle jacket.  Add black stockings + black moto boots (or combat boots or similar) + dainty necklaces.
• For day, wear a moto jacket over a velvet dress. If cold, you might like to layer a turtleneck under the dress.

• Dress down a velvet dress with a jean jacket. Add short wedge booties and tights. You might want to add a knit beanie for warmth or a red cross-body bag for a pop of color.
• A velvet dress + jean jacket + a moto jacket over the jean jacket.  Add boots.  You may also want to add a necklace and a brooch.

• Top a black velvet wrap dress with a navy blazer or cardigan. Add sling-backs, pearl barrettes and pave loop drop earrings.
• A blazer, classic or knit, over a velvet dress + sling-back pumps + your favorite jewelry.
• Top a velvet dress with any color velvet blazer.
• A plaid blazer can double as a coat over a velvet dress on cold evenings.

Outfit Ideas for Wearing a Velvet Dress With Boots

1. A velvet dress + black leggings + tall black boots.  Add one or more silver bracelets.
2. A velvet dress + tall boots. Add a long necklace, such as a gold tassel necklace, or a pendant on a gold chain or black cord. You may then want to top it off with a motorcycle jacket.
3. A velvet dress + tights + booties.  Add a double strand of beads.
4. A velvet dress + dark black sheer stockings + black cut-out booties.
5. Velvet dress + a crystal statement necklace + some crystal cuffs or bangles; or, use any statement necklace and cuff. Add a great pair of ankle boots or heels. 
   

   

6. Here’s a velvet dress with boots and gold jewelry – elegant yet laid back…and look how great suede looks with velvet!
7. With a long or short velvet dress, try wearing fringed boots, Western boots, combat-style boots or motorcycle boots.
8. Dress down a navy velvet dress with brown tights & tall brown boots.
9. For the holidays, simply wear a navy velvet dress with black leggings & tall black heeled boots. Then add a black & silver or black & gold bracelet.

Different Types of Scarves to Add to a Velvet Dress

1. Wear a metallic scarf with a velvet dress.
2. Add a lace scarf to a velvet dress.
3. Throw a boa (a feather or fur scarf) over a velvet dress.
4. A velvet dress + a pearls, diamonds, gold, satin heels or embroidered shawl.

Ways to Accessorize a Velvet Dress

1. Belt your velvet dress. For day, add gold chains, a watch, combat boots.
2. A velvet dress + a crystal pendant + crystal cuffs.  Add a great pair of ankle boots.
3. A velvet dress + a pearl tassel necklace or a statement necklace.  Add simple stud earrings.
4. Wear a velvet dress with a metallic necklace & sleek heels.
5. Accessorize a velvet dress with multiple gold chains, gold earrings, black opaques & black flats. 
   

   

6. Pair a velvet dress with tights & boots or footless tights.
7. A velvet dress + black tights + black flats.  Add a gold multi-chain necklace + delicate gold earrings.
8. A velvet dress + black stockings & heels.  Add a crystal starburst or other sparkly brooch.  Put your hair up.
9. Add a brooch to a velvet dress.
10. Start with the basic outfit of a velvet dress and pumps.  Add a statement necklace, mixed bangles and sparkling stud earrings. 
    

    

11. Add any piece of statement jewelry to a velvet dress such as earrings, bracelets or cuffs, a necklace, a brooch, etc.
12. Wear a gold multi-chain necklace to a velvet dress. Add earrings + black tights + black shoes.
13. Start with a velvet dress + black tights + black flats. Accessorize with a delicate necklace & bracelet.
14. Wear a navy velvet dress & a brown suede cap. Add loads of gold bangles on each wrist.

Let’s Connect!

Was this helpful to you? Do you have a velvet dress or do you have plans to buy one? If you have one, what is your favorite way to wear it? Will you be trying some of the styling suggestions in this post? Please leave a reply below!

Like this post? You might also like to read other posts from my Velvet Series:

1. “Style Tip:  How to Wear Velvet to Make Every Day Special”
2. “How to Style A Velvet Jacket or Blazer Every Day of the Festive Season”
3. “How to Style Velvet Tops of All Sorts”
4. “9 of the Best Ways to Wear a Velvet Kimono or Duster”
5. “How to Wear Velvet Pants for Comfort and Style”

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