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Anonymous wrote:These look nice. Google a waterfall cardigan and cocoon cardigan, OP.

Both those dresses are way too short. Also that model looks to be about 21. Not exactly the professional 30/40 something look most of us are going for.

1. I was telling the OP styles of cardigans to search for, not to buy those particular dresses. These photos simply show these cardigans look great with dresses underneath.

2. The blog is extrapetite.com and the woman is actually a former CFA. She's 32. One of the targets for her blog is how she always looks young because she's very short and has a youthful face.

Are the people posting on this thread actual women with professional jobs in offices in DC? Because a sleeveless dress plus a cardigan is a staple office uniform for women.

Sleeveless -- can wear it all year round, including in DC summers.

I wear dresses with blazers when I have formal events or am meeting with clients, and dresses with cardigans when I am spending my day at my desk and not meeting so much with others.

OP, where do you normally shop for cardigans? Because I see them literally everywhere. All the stores.

Another +10,000. You are overthinking this OP (and many of the PPs seem to have never stepped foot in a professional DC office).

First, the jacket/blazer over a sleeveless sheath dress is practically a uniform at law firms -- PP is seriously the first person I have ever heard extoll full sleeves on dresses as somehow necessary for a professional appearance.

As for the cardigan, I think it is less about whether it is a "cardigan" and more about its fit/ style. For most dresses, it has to be well-fitted and not too long; as one of the PP's mentioned, for a fit-and-flare dress, you'd probably even want it a bit on the cropped side. I'd stay away from goofy colors- yes, to well-proportioned black cashmere cardigan, no to the fuchsia one that was always a size too big but looks OK with jeans.

I think some of the open-faced, flowing styles are good too - yes to a cut-away style or not-too-voluminous cascade, but I did not love the cocoon look, at least for a office outfit.

OP, I hear ya! I think the trick is to have open cardigans without buttons.

For me, I wear a lot of fit and flare dresses, and they require shorter cardigans that fall before the skirt starts flaring out. I have this one: https://www.anntaylor.com/scalloped-cuff-open-cardigan/472705?skuId=25684681&defaultColor=6508&catid=cata000011

And this one: https://www.anntaylor.com/cropped-open-cardigan/470999?skuId=25540277&defaultColor=4839&catid=cata000011

This one was good for the summer: https://www.anntaylor.com/linen-blend-open-cardigan/467970?skuId=25135701&defaultColor=9000&catid=cata000011

Also, all of those dresses look great on teeny tiny models. I'm not even overweight, but I have a butt and hips. Those dresses would be so unflattering on me.