Styling The School Run - One Dress - Five Looks

I've mentioned in previous posts how I want to wear more dresses this autumn/winter. I wear skinny jeans too much so it's lovely to re-connect with my girly side and wear a dress now and again. So when Lands End contacted me about getting involved in a blogger project based around dresses, I was all over it! I got to choose my favourite dress from the gorgeous selection on the Lands End website - this tweed boucle shift dress that I knew I could wear lots of different ways..

Tweed Boucle Shift Dress - £80

I was pleasantly surprised by how light and wearable this dress is. It's not actually wool tweed, it's more like a boucle/chenille texture with a stretch, making it really comfortable to wear.

For look number 1, I kept it simple with a pair of flat pumps and a cropped cardigan. This was perfect for the school run on Friday and as well as a wolf whistle from a builder, my daughter said 'wow - your legs look nice mummy!' Confirmation that I wear jeans too much! At the school gate, friends were also impressed by the appearance of my legs and in conversation, it became apparent there is demand out there for wearable day dresses like this.

Look number 2 is a casual look for cooler weather. I've paired the dress with a long sleeved white top, scarf, black riding boots & opaque tights. 

Look 3 is another casual one, this time with ankle boots. I'm not a huge fan of ankle boots with dresses (on me) but I'm going to try it out more this winter and see if it's a grower.

What you can't see very well in the pictures is that the tights are purple. The versatile colour of this dress means with the right accessories, you can wear it with burgundy, purple, bottle green and even brown.

Look number 4 is the workwear look. I'll save this for business meetings. I'm wearing the dress with a pink cotton shirt and some high heel shoe boots.

Now for the 5th look...the one I need some advice on. I'm attending Ladies Day at the races on Friday so I styled this dress with a headpiece. I have to say, I'm impressed that this dress can handle the head piece so well

But I can't make up my mind if it's race-day suitable? Husband thinks it's too wintery looking for a September race day but I quite like that it's not typical ladies day material. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and I must of course thank Lands End for my new dress. I had so much fun styling it. There was lots of running up and down the stairs to change - goodness knows what the neighbours thought was going on over the fence!
Before I sign off, do check out two of the other bloggers who also took part in this Lands End challenge - both girls chose a different dress to mine so I think you'll enjoy.. 

ClaireJustineoxox

Medicated Follower of Fashion