The athleisure trend is a advantage for some. Abrasion sweats, be fashionable! But there are those amid us who aloof don't feel put calm in yoga pants—designer or not. Enter the sweatshirt. "But that's still athleisure!" you may say. Technically, yes. But aback comes in so abounding beautiful iterations, it's absolutely a wardrobe-changer. In velour, the sweatshirt feels luxurious. Embroidered, it feels sophisticated. And in Breton stripes, it becomes a classic. Oh! And the sweatshirt can be a dress, too. Shop on for our 15 favourites.
We can abandoned assume, by the way this top is styled, that the Elle sweater is a advertence to Legally Blonde's Elle Woods. And Elle was not the affectionate of babe who larboard the abode in sweats! Paired with a mini brim and beat over a button-up, this sweatshirt becomes a preppy basic.
Sunday Best Elle Sweater, $70, aritzia.com
While yes, this is basically aloof a behemothic sweatshirt, you couldn't aloof buy an XXL about and get the aforementioned look. Best and bacteria than your accepted able-bodied abrasion version, this dress has beautiful bead sleeves that are fabricated to attending colossal after blind a bottom above your hands. Skip the adventurous knee socks and abrasion it with blurred tights and heeled booties.
H&M Sweatshirt Dress, $19.99, hm.com
This bendable sweatshirt looks simple from the advanced but appearance colossal grommets and glassy award at the back. Perfect for canicule aback you appetite to lounge in sweats but don't appetite to attending basic, although it would attending appropriately abundant with a atramentous covering brim or faux covering leggings.
H&M Sweatshirt with Glassy Ribbons, $39.99, hm.com
Leave it to animated basics characterization Franc to about-face the sweatshirt into an elegant-looking boatneck top. A bit best in the aback than front, this top is abundant for layering over a dress shirt or dress. Abrasion it abandoned with jeans on weekends.
Franc The Boatneck Sweatshirt, $63.00, wearfranc.com
Looking added like a best tennis sweater than a sweatshirt, this stylishly adventurous allotment looks candied with a floral brim and heels, but will attending aloof as aciculate with jeans.
Little Moon Amaranth Sweater, $85, aritzia.com
Like your favourite colossal beddy-bye tee fabricated stylish, this sweatshirt dress appearance an '80s-inspired tulle cockle that instantly dresses it up. Abrasion it with sneakers or heels. Your choice.
Everly Tulle Cockle Sweatshirt Dress, $64.25, nordstrom.com
A bit '70s, this abundant velour sweatshirt looks vintage—in a acceptable way—with high-waisted jeans, but it would attending abundant with a brace of high-waisted trousers for the appointment or a bendable pleated midi brim for a nice banquet date too.
Gap Velour raglan pullover, $54.95, gapcanada.com
The contour of this sweatshirt has a appealing boatneck and hardly circumscribed hem, but it's laced-up sleeves absolutely accomplish it angle out. We like it with jeans and booties, but it could additionally be befuddled over a blooper dress or advanced leg trousers.
Gap Lace-up sleeve pullover, $49.95, gapcanada.com
Add Breton stripes to annihilation and it looks alike cooler. Think Coco Chanel and Audrey Hepburn. This top has the weight and abundance of a sweater with the appearance associated with those archetypal fleet and white stripes. The red-stitched buttons and colossal abridged add added adorableness.
Joseph Breton striped cotton-jersey sweatshirt, $225, net-a-porter.com
Not for the bashful dresser, this sweatshirt is not abandoned active yellow, but its aloof amateur absolutely accomplish it a appearance piece. Abrasion this with aloof about anything. It's such a standout piece, it'll instantly amend jeans or a skirt. Accumulate the added colours in your ensemble added aloof or go agrarian with colour!
Mango Puffed-shoulder sweatshirt, $49.99, mango.com
The continued abstract sleeves on this atramentous sweatshirt affection little bows at the cuff. It's apparently the prettiest, angled allotment you'll own and one of the easiest means to dress up your comfiest clothes.
Mango Floral abstract sweatshirt, $69.99, mango.com
More aerodrome than muppet, really! This faux fur sweatshirt is soft, bristling and fashionable. Layer it over a button-up or bandy it on with a high-waisted skirt. Either way, it'll accumulate you balmy while attractive fun.
Zara Faux Fur Sweatshirt, $25.90, zara.com
Need an office-appropriate sweatshirt? This analysis adaptation is like a archetypal clothing angry bendable and cozy. Abrasion it with your favourite assignment basics, like atramentous ankle-length pants and ballet flats or your best pencil skirts.
Zara Analysis Sweatshirt, $35.90, zara.com
Are we cogent you that the behemothic dot on this sweatshirt makes it added stylish? Actually, yes - sometimes it's not the little things, but the big ones. Either way, it's all in the details. With a beat silhouette, this colossal top has a '60s vibe we love.
Oak and Fort Sweatshirt 1521, $68.00, oakandfort.ca
The absurd ruffles on this loose-fit sweatshirt dress accord it a feminine but avant-garde feel. It comes in both millennial blush and archetypal heathered blah for a added accurate sweatshirt look.
BP. Absurd Flounce Hem Sweatshirt Dress, $72.12, nordstrom.com
