The It-Girl Approved Way to Wear Dresses With Sneakers
Because there are a handful of outfits that will always look good, you can build a completely foolproof wardrobe for the season if you really put your mind to it. But if there's one ensemble we had to pick as our favorite, it would be a dress with sneakers. Don't get us wrong. We love skinny jeans with ankle boots as much as any other outfit, but in case you want to switch things up a bit, this one really takes the cake.
Wearing a one-and-done piece like a dress is already simple enough, but the addition of a pair of sneakers will have you giving off that enviable cool-girl vibe in one easy step. Whether you're headed to drinks with friends or are jetting out of the house to run errands, we're here to show you why dresses with sneakers are the outfit formula you should always have on rotation. To prove our point, we rounded up some of our favorite takes on the look from the coolest fashion people. Check them out below.
Pair a romantic ruffled minidress with sporty sneakers for a cool, contrasting look.
A silky slip dress with your favorite sneakers is an outfit that'll never fail you.
Let your dress be the hero of your outfit. Complement it with a pair of classic sneakers.
Powder blue is such a fun color for summer. We love how the dress is styled here with coordinating high socks and colorful sneakers.
For an everyday ensemble, you can't go wrong with a printed skater dress and an easy denim jacket.
Feel like mixing up your sneaker game? Rather than wearing your everyday white pair, go for a style that offers a bold pop of color to your outfit.
Make your ensemble more interesting by pairing it with a sneaker-boot hybrid instead of plain sneakers.
Nothing is more classic than a simple white dress with a denim jacket. Add some pink shoes to up the cute factor.

Dale Arden Chong is the Senior Fashion Commerce Editor at ELLE.com, where she edits and reports on the latest trends, labels, and designers in the fashion space to bring you the best items that will elevate your wardrobe. She has a robust knowledge of high-quality design, construction, and materials based on testing hundreds of products over her eight-plus years in the industry, writing stories for Glamour, Who What Wear, Entertainment Tonight, and others. Dale graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Communication Design. In 2015, she was a finalist for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award.