I have a little confession to make about this dress: it’s actually a bathing suit cover-up. Oops?
Eh, I’m not bothered by it.
It works because the cover-up isn’t see-through and is of passable dress length. I just loved the print and floaty material so much I couldn’t only wear it poolside, so I matched it up with a pair of loud chunky-heeled sandals for date night with the guy. A little print mix for your Friday night!
Let this be a little lesson in stretching your wardrobe: you can repurpose pieces and make them work for different occasions, just step out of the box a bit.
I would’ve never though that was a cover up! You’re so stylish, you pull this off! 🙂
Gorgeous! LOVE those shoes!
I love that this is a bathing suit cover! How funny!
Great shoes, and your hair is so pretty here. 🙂
I’m still loving those sandals! They make your legs look soooo good! Jelly!
Hope you’re having a great week- almost the weekend yay!
-e
Smokin’! 😉
hah I would never be able to tell it’s a swimsuit cover-up! Cute!
Too cute! I do the reverse – I find “regular” clothes on clearance that I can re-purpose as cover ups. Both work!
Clever girl! 🙂
Love this look! Would never know it’s a cover up!
Happy Thursday!
_K
I just want to hide behind all those clothes in the background, lol. Such an awesome closet!
You look beautiful! Lucky date night for Lance, haha!
He was pleasantly surprised by the outfit- and then went to change because he didn’t feel “dressed up enough”! Ha!
Beautiful!
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Such a pretty look!
Love the dress and love those fabulous shoes!
Annie
The Other Side of Gray
Looking good, Ash! Love the sandals!
You know these sandals are my everything. 🙂
A coverup?! How funny! And awesome. You look great!
Lovely, girl! Great outfit!
if you hadn’t mentioned that it was a bathing suit cover-up, i wouldn’t have known! seriously it is so cute it doesn’t look like a cover-up. those heels you are wearing are too cute and go so well with the dress/cover-up. 🙂
Thanks doll! Good to see you back on the blog- hope vacay was fun!
Awesome look!
love how you repurpose this bathing suit cover up i would have never known! it turned out to be a very cute dress! love it
LOVE this necklace! You look amazing 🙂
it’s very very cute!
I would have never known that this beautiful dress was really a cover-up! Good call!
You are so smart – using a bathing suit cover up as a dress? Brilliant! It looks amazing on you Ashley- love how you styled it.
xox Lara http://www.weheartbeautyblog.com
Thanks, Lara! Hope you’re having a fun Chicago trip- safe travels home!
I have a chocolate colored cover up I wear as a dress as well – it looks like the same material. We should have collaborated! Haha! Loving those heels, so sassy! 🙂
xoLili
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We should do this- the Bloggers Who Wear Cover-Ups in Public series, haha! 🙂
Haha I do the same thing , if it can pass as a dress then why not . Love that print.
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What a great idea! I really like the print on this dress too!!
In my dress search, there’s definitely been a few dresses that I really wanted to try on… but then I realized that it was a coverup. Guess you can still wear them. It looks great.
Wow that is too pretty to just be a cover up I would wear it as a dress as well.
xo
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wow.. u have got an eye on how to bring versatility of an item.
xoxo
Jyo
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Very creative:-)!!! Beautiful pattern:-)!!!
The bathing suit cover up is perfect as glam dress ! I love your outfit =) Very stylish look !
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Precioso vestido!!
Saludos
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I love it! I would have never guessed!
I love that long hair of yours! I have to make a confession, I actually have two swimsuit coverups I use as tunics with leggings sometime! The same with yours they are too pretty to just wear to the pool! 🙂
Thank you for commenting back, dear 🙂
Your sandals are really cool!
Desislava
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I love your dress darling and your shoes are fab!!!!
Enjoy your WE!!!!
You’d never have known, that dress cannot just be reserved for poolside! I love the shoes you matched it with too I’ve seen you post those before, they’re still a firm favourite of mine xx
wow that totally doesn’t look like a swimsuit cover up! it’s so cute! lovin the look 🙂
great necklace and shoes Xo, Megan, http://www.TfDiaries.com
Crazy about your sandals!
Nicky
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I love the dress and also those heels, they are super cute!
-Vogue&Heels
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I love the graphic print dress and those shoes are fabulous!
Xo,
Rachel Ashley
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I love the mismatched prints in this dress! So fun!
Nicole
http://www.younglovestyle.blogspot.com
Haha, I love that you’re wearing a bathing suit coverup as an outfit! You would never be able to tell. Love the black and white design. And those sandals are seriously to die for!!! I adore them. Love your style and how creative you are! Just started following you on BL. Hope you can check out my blog and follow. I’d love to hear your feedback : ) anna-lamode.blogspot.com
That’s a very lovely dress! The print is awesome! & I like your wardrobe! 🙂
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Works great as a dress.=) And I love those sandals.
I think it looks great! There are a lot of dresses that look great as coverups as well and vice versa. And I love the shoes!!
You would never know it was a cover up! Loving it!
Hello! I just came across your blog, and I love it! I’ve decided to follow you! If you get a minute, I’d love to know what you think of my latest outfit post! While you’re visiting, follow along so we can keep in touch! 🙂
xo, elle from Living in Color.