Want to know how to style a cardigan? This simple style staple can go anywhere, and go with anything. In our how to guide we cover what to wear under a cardigan, and how that sets the tone making your cardie fit right in wherever you take it.
If you want a wardrobe with lots of outfit options, a cropped cardie is a mix-and-matcher’s dream. Once you know how to style a cardigan, the ensembles become endless – and you can take one to work with you too. Learn how to soften up the monotone officewear options with the colour and comfort of a cardie and more in the EGO guide to how to style a cropped cardigan.
Layers of Style
A cropped cardie can do just about anything, and work its way into any style. It’s a layer you can add to any outfit, like something from our dresses for women collection or on top of jeans and a t-shirt for a splash of colour on a casual, errand running ensemble. You can style up a cropped cardigan by making it an accessory to something more sophisticated or a style staple, like jeans and a t-shirt.
These cardies are chameleons, once you have decided what to wear under a cardigan they begin to blend in to suit the style of their surroundings. Looking for a wedding guest outfit? You can use a cropped cardigan to accessorise a dress or replace a jacket in a suit for more colour and texture. Need a little warmth to get from pub to club, to wherever else? Stay stylish in all temperatures and times of day by topping off an evening outfit with a cropped cardigan and you are covered, literally. Family dinner round at Mum’s? A cropped cardigan brings some smartness to something casual or can smooth out the edges of a smart outfit to tone it down.
Coordinate and Contrast
Every wardrobe needs versatility. Mixing and matching lets you create hundreds of outfits from just dozens of items. The possibilities are endless, and cropped cardigans can get in on the action for some extra colour, style, and texture in your co-ord collection. Our Women’s knitwear dresses offer plenty of mix-and-match options begging for a cropped cardie. You can style up a cropped cardigan into something more fun and flirty with a knitwear dress. Let one sit on top of our halter-necked ‘J’Adore addict’ mini dress and see how chic it becomes.
If you need a low-key, subtle outfit for an afternoon in a pub garden or a casual get-together a cropped cardigan fits right in. This clothing can style up or down with ease, always ready to bring some warmth, texture, and colour to an occasion. Put your cardie over a summer dress, and you are garden party ready in an instant. Contrasting a bright pattern of a summer dress with the solid colour of a cropped cardigan is a timeless summer-chic look.
Accessorising Is Maximising
Once you have started to learn how to style a cardigan, you can start taking one to the office. A cropped cardigan is the perfect accessory to a work suit or skirt and blouse combo and lets you take something softer and more comfortable to work without losing any sophistication or professional presence.
You can use them as a way to bring some colour to the typical office black, greys, and white. Hot pink may not be appropriate for a day at the office, but khaki greens, sand-coloured cropped cardies, or other muted and natural colours are the perfect match for a work suit.
They open the door to mixing up your smart-casual and work attire, changing up your footwear lets you walk through it. You should always match your coat and shoes after all. For work, you can swap out heels or pumps for a pair of our Women’s boots and stay smart but be more functional and comfortable. This look is perfect for afternoons in the outdoors, giving you something more substantial to trek about town in during retail therapy sessions or for an early afternoon social event.
The cropped cardigan should have a place in everyone’s wardrobe. In fact, you should make space for a few. Tight-knit cropped cardies let you maintain office dress codes while staying comfortable, and fluffier and brighter coloured cardigans can be a sophisticated accessory to a dress or a colourful flourish on a casual jeans and t-shirt kind of day. If you haven’t got a cropped cardie in your collection, you are missing out on hundreds of possible styles and outfits. Equip your wardrobe with a few asap.
