3 Different Ways to Wear a Maxi Dress

by Stylefox

Summer is here and if you’re lucky, you might get a chance to travel!

To make packing easier, I have a maxi dress hack that will give you 3 different outfits, saving you space in your luggage.

Follow along for these 3 clever maxi dress hacks.

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Before

The key to make the following maxi dress outfits work is using one with a thin fabric that won’t be bulky.

1. The shortened dress

Grab at the bottom portion of the dress, just below the knee, and pull this upward.

Shortening the maxi dress

Let the widest part of the folded up potion sit at your hips, and here’s the final result:

The shortened dress

This maxi dress hack gives a forgiving, ruched effect along the mid-section.

2. The maxi skirt

Tuck in the straps and fold part of the neckline portion inward to create a straight, horizontal “hem”. You may need to tweak this to get it sitting just right, at your waist. Pair with a basic, cropped top and voilà:

The maxi skirt

3. The mini skirt

For this look, it’s especially important that the fabric of your maxi dress is thin. Start with the maxi skirt formula.

Then bunch up the bottom hem of the skirt with 2 hands until you can tuck it evenly underneath itself, creating a mini skirt length.

Here it is in the process:

Lifting maxi dress

And here’s the final, mini skirt from a maxi dress look:

The mini skirt