Last updated on January 9th, 2023 at 12:25 pm

We’re back with How to Wear it at Any Age Volume 8, our first of 2022! We’ve got three new looks for you to take you from Valentine’s Day through early Spring.

This is how “How to Wear it at Any Age Volume 8” works: We both decide on three items that we want to style. We do not share how we were going to style each one, so that we can’t influence each other. Sometimes we will style things very similar and sometimes very different. But we hope in all cases we give you some style inspiration, no matter what your age or life stage! 

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The Challenge for How to Wear it at Any Age Volume 8

Here are the items we are styling for “How to Wear it at Any Age Volume 8”:

Red Dress with Mesh Sleeves

We picked this dress because we thought it would be perfect for Valentine’s Day, even if your Valentine’s Day is “date night in”. We found this dress on Amazon and it is an amazing price at only $39.99. It comes in other colors as well which makes it perfect for the upcoming spring wedding guest season! We should mention that this dress does run a little snug and we recommend sizing up.

Puffer Jacket

The puffer jacket was picked because they are so on trend right now and they can be a bit polarizing. Some people love them and others think they make you look like the “Stay Puff Marshmallow Man” from “Ghostbusters”. So we thought we’d see what we could do with them without investing a lot. This jacket is from Target. The original price was only $35 but it is on clearance right now for only $29.75. The perfect price to add a trendy piece to your wardrobe. This jacket ran true to size for both of us.

Leggings

This brand of leggings, Vanessa SoCal, was introduced to us by a friend of Dianne’s and we are so glad she turned us on to this new brand, especially because it is a small business in California. We wish you could feel the quality of these leggings. They have a subtle ribbing to them and a great shine as well. The specific style is the Jaeger legging and they are a great value at $50. They also ran true to size.

Jen’s Styling of the Red Dress

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I absolutely love the sleeves on this dress they’re so romantic – perfect for Valentine’s Day or a wedding! It is form fitting, so if you have shape wear, you might want to wear it with this dress!

What’s great about this dress is it can go with either black or nude, and they both look great! Black is beautiful for the winter, and nude heels will make your legs look a mile long!

The sleeves are so detailed you can get away with minimal jewelry too – earrings and rings and you’re good to go!

Dianne’s Styling of the Red Dress

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I decided to pull out the gray/silver in the sleeves of this dress. You could easily do black as Jen as done or nude, especially if you want to change the look up a bit for Spring. To me, red is a color that you can wear all year long. While some people avoid red, I think it looks good on most skin tones.

Because of the romantic styling of the dress, I did forego my usual hoops and traded them in for some softer chandelier earrings, along with a simple silver chain link necklace. I didn’t shorten the dress but I think I would have it tailored now to have it fall just below the knee.

Jen’s Styling of the Puffer Jacket

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How cute is this jacket for the cold weather? I don’t have many colorful jackets, so this was a lot of fun to style! I love wearing stripes, so this was an easy choice to wear with the jacket, plus my combat boots that I wear ALL THE TIME!

This jacket would look really cute with a tucked in flannel too!

Because this jacket is sort of cropped, I wanted to make sure the shirt I wore didn’t go past the bottom of the coat.

Dianne’s Styling of the Puffer Jacket

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I intentionally styled this puffer jacket closed, going back to the “Stay Puff Marshmallow Man” theory. It does add some bulk, but I think that it’s obvious that it’s the jacket and not me. This is a very casual look, so I paired it with my black sneakers with leopard trim for a little bit of fun.

I also added a crossbody bag intentionally thinking that would also add a different line across the coat to break it up, which I think it does. I do love the wet look of this jacket – it’s a fun, trendy piece to add for this season without investing a lot.

Jen’s Styling of the Leggings

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These leggings are so soft and super flattering! These are great for working out, like yoga or going for a walk. Or, I’d wear these out with an oversized sweatshirt to run some errands!

These are my favorite sneakers right now – I wore them all over NYC back in October, and they didn’t hurt one bit. I wouldn’t wear these for exercising, but I wear them a ton!

The leggings would look really cute tucked into my combat boots if I want to keep my ankles warm.

Dianne’s Styling of the Leggings

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As I’ve mentioned, I LOVE these leggings. They are so comfortable and what I love even more is that they are not just workout leggings. That’s why I styled them as an errand running outfit. I love the blush color — it’s not lost on me that in this picture they look a little more flesh color, but check out the color on the website – it’s a beautiful color.

I made this an all-ivory accent color to make the leggings stand out. This is what I call my early March outfit. It’s still cold but I am tired of wearing black and gray. So wearing the blush and ivory gives it a little more a “I hope Spring is coming soon” look while still staying warm.

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