Minty Green Denim Jacket with BCBG Lace Dress

I love lace dresses, but they are more formal, so I have to get creative and find ways to dress them down. For this, nothing works better than denim jackets. I love this minty one, bought from JC Penny. The dress is by BCBG. The black tank is from Tahari. The shoes are Ninewest.

With purple smokey eye make up and neutral pink lipstick (two different colors so as not to wash me out).  

Vintage Hmong Jackets - Kat's Style

Here is one of my vintage Hmong jacket.  I love these and have several of them.  I wore this one to the beach with my husband and my kids.  The material of these jackets allows lots of circulations so they are ideal for summer weather.  While people reserve these for special occasions, I love them so much, I wear them everywhere -with just about everything.  Anything from causal to fancy events.  The dress here is actually a semi-formal dress, but the fabric and cut was so summery, I could not resist wearing it.  BCBG Lace dress with pink lining - cinched in with black leather belt from The Limited.

Here is the full look, but it was getting dark and the lighting was not as good.

The Denim Jacket - Perfect for Summertime Fun

A beautifully tailored and fitted denim jacket is probably one of the most versatile jacket in a woman's closet.  Best of all, it is very breathable so it makes a good summer cover-up.  I have one in almost every color of the rainbow because they are perfect for giving more life to a fancy dress.

Here, I am wearing it with a semi-formal BCBG purple chiffon dress.  The red version of this dress was worn by Jennifer Love-Hewitt on her TV show, The Client List.

Here is a close up look of the jacket.

BCBG dresses aren't cheap, so I like to get as much mileage out of my dresses as I possibly can.  Here is another look with a Japanese Kimono.

Here is the model wearing the dress.  I love the color and the drape.  As you can see, this is actually a semi-formal dress.  

Here is Jennifer Love Hewitt in the red version of this dress.  So very very very sexy!  I am really tempted to get it too, but I have a lot of red dresses already.  I love how this dress moves when she walk.  I feel in love with the dress when I saw the preview for that particular episode.  So hot!!!

Some of my favorite ways of wearing denim jackets:

1)  With Maxi Skirts

2)  With Maxi Dress

3)  With pencil skirt.  Depending on how you wear it, it could work for a Casual Friday outfit.

4) Denim Jacket with Sheath Dress