A midi dress is a dress that falls to the mid-calf and is a wardrobe staple for any lady. For each social event we go to we have a range of suitable options to select from. Styles and colours need to be considered for suitability. For a formal function, for example, you’ll want to dress differently than you would for a day at the beach, when you might wear a midi dress over a bikini. To make things even more convenient, you can frequently swap out your accessories, shoes, and cosmetics to use the same midi for both events with no effort.
How to Style a Midi Dress
Midi Dresses have a Rich History
The midi dress has a rich history. For generations, it wasn’t an original notion to wear a dress that fell beyond your ankles. A midi dress was just a garment that had a shorter hemline. Everyone wore ankle-length dresses before the turn of the twentieth century. This was because showing your ankles was considered impolite, everyone made the investment in longer clothing. When they saw you wearing a midi dress, people automatically believed you were impoverished or working-class.
Dresses that didn’t fit properly or appeared like a midi dress were often used by the poor and working-class since they couldn’t afford to purchase new ones for their growing children. Hemlines started to become shorter in the early 1910s and ’20s, with shorter dresses being the standard for most women. Dresses shorter than your knees weren’t prevalent until the flapper dress debuted in 1927. Flappers were a group of women in their twenties who were seen as dissidents during the Roaring Twenties. Enjoying blues and jazz, cutting their hair short, and wearing knee-length skirts were all against the grain for women of their time period.
What to Wear with A Midi Dress
Midi dresses are many women’s go-to choice of clothing. There are different ways to style them which is great as it gives you flexibility depending on where you are going and what you are doing. You can easily find some midi dress guides online to help with your styling choices. Midi dresses often look great on their own. The design gives a feminine, and flattering look. Wearing them in the evening or on cooler days may mean you’ll require a cardigan or light jacket to wear alongside this. You’ll need to make sure colours don’t clash and that the style of the dress and additional items complement each other.
Don’t Forget the Jewellery
The occasion determines whether or not you should accessorize with jewellery and what to consider. Wear a necklace with a v-neck or round neck midi dress to dress it up. Add in some earrings, and maybe even a bracelet to dress it up or down depending on the pieces added. Pop on some bangles for a night out or family get-togethers. Simple necklaces work well for a casual or formal look. Opt for bold necklaces for semi-formal gatherings when you want to make an impression. If you’re wearing a high-halter midi dress, forego the necklace in favour of a colourful stack of bracelets and some coordinating earrings.
Footwear
Your outfit can be easily dressed up or down with the right footwear. The choices available are quite varied. You could opt for simple flats in the same colour as that dress or one of the colours that appears in it. Or go for chunkier footwear. Knee-high boots are a very popular option to pair with midi dresses. It does look great and also works well in cooler weather when combined with a trendy cardi or stylish light jacket. White sneakers are a universal favourite to combine these dresses with and are practical when you are out and about. You could even consider wearing a pink dress with blue shoes, and it can look great.
What Would You Style A Midi Dress With?
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What a gorgeous dress! I don’t wear a lot of dresses but when I do, I add jewelry. I have so many necklaces that I need to wear.
The great thing is you can alternate necklaces and accessories to make the outfit look different.
Midi dresses are one of my favorite dress styles. They’re so versatile. You can change up your look so much by using different accessories and clothing options with them. Thanks for these great tips!
They are such a great option for the warmer weather due to their versatility.
Who knew the midi dress had such an interesting history! The ones I own are really casual that go well with sneakers.
They are popular and work well for various occasions.
Great fashion tips. I always forget to consider what shoes to wear with my dress.
Aaahhhh yes, that can be important.
I always style my dresses, mini or long with jewelry. It’s a great choice for dresses!
Jewellery is a lovely addition to an outfit and a way to dress up of dress down too.
These are probably one of my favorite dresses. I love them! You have some great ideas here on how to style them too. I love it.
Thanks so much Kathy.
Oh I love midi dresses. They are so nice here in the summer with the heat. And you are so right that they can be dressed up or down.
They sure can and they are flexible with what works with them too.
Your ideas on a midi dress are great. I myself do not wear a midi dress because I do not like to wear anything above my knee.
You’ll be fine, these come to below the knees, and just above the ankles.
Lately midi dress is my favorite choice. I have only few and I am only at the beginning, but a I love to wear it with high heels and jewelry
That must look great. Sounds like a great feminine style.
That was such a really nice looking dress! I normally add jewelry and also watch when I wear dress.
Jewellery is always a lovely addition. It can really add to an outfit.
As someone who is rather tall, I feel like every time I’ve tried to buy a floor length dress it ends up being midi length on me. It used to really frustrate me that I couldn’t find floor length, but I’ve grown to love a good midi! I love that it’s the perfect length to show off cute shoes!
It really is. The right accessories can make an outfit.
I love the stripe design of the dress. My daughter loves wearing midi dresses and these tips will go in handy. Thanks!
Midi dresses are cute. My girls love wearing them.
This is a great guide! I love midi dresses but tend to avoid them and choose maxi dresses as I just didn’t know how to style them!
Well done you do. It gives you more options for the summer.
I do love jewellery and they really are a great way to style outfits. I am also getting into scarves as well. Then there is the bags and shoes
I know, so many lovely options.
I love a midi dress, they’re my favourite length for everyday wear. For me styling them depends on the pattern and design of the dress but I like a good statement shoe if I can x
They can really help finish an outfit.
The necklace was a great fit to that cool dress, my wife loves midi dresses and she’ll surely love to read this post too!
I am glad you liked the post Ris. Thanks so much for visiting.
Some lovely tips. I wish I was more confident at accessorising!
With a little practise you’ll get there x
I love wearing midi dresses and I find them very easy to style with my other fashion pieces. Since I’m always outdoors, I often paired them with nice sneakers.
Sounds like a great pairing, it helps to have comfy footwear.