Itching to Wear Your New Spring Dress? Here’s How the Street Style Stars Are Doing It

Sick of piling on layers every morning? Us too. While the leggings-under-pants and tights-under-dresses trick has kept us warm the past few months, we’re over it, simply put. The fact that our colleagues are soaking up a bit of sun in Paris (where the temperatures have climbed towards 60!) has only made us even more impatient for winter to end. Until that actually happens, we’re turning our attention towards shopping for the season ahead—without getting carried away, of course. Don’t be tempted by the slinky sandals! Instead, opt for something you can start wearing now, like the transitional, layer-able dresses we’re seeing in Phil Oh’s street style coverage.

If you’re into prints, pick your poison: There are florals, animal prints, checks, and stripes to spare. Even a sleeveless printed dress can, in fact, be worn year round if you layer up accordingly: A buttoned-up collared shirt and a V-neck sweater is a good place to start. Let’s not forget about color, either: Dresses in muted shades of yellow and tomato-red can brighten up a snow-day look, and when the weather finally warms up, they’ll make ideal office ensembles, too. Not quite convinced? Take a cue from one New Yorker we saw who mixed a marigold ruffled dress with black knee-high boots, tights, and a plush camel coat. That’s our idea of getting serious wear out of your clothes.

With myriad lengths, silhouettes, sleeve styles, and necklines to choose from, you could ostensibly wear a flowy frock until we re toasting 2020. Shop our picks for the best buy-now, wear-forever dresses below.