I decided to talk about cold weather essentials. In this blog post I am going to show you how to pair coats with dresses. This combo might be surprising for you, but I think the result can be amazing. I’ve rounded up dozens of cool street style images of ladies who appeared in elegant or casual coats worn atop stylish dresses. The great news are, no matter what is your preferred dress silhouette is this season- relaxed or tight, short or long, as long as you are wearing a cozy coat, you can choose whatever dress you want. All in all, scroll through for inspiration and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

A ribbed knit gray-brown midi dress is worn under yellow-beige color coat.

A black belted coat is worn atop floral cocktail dress. Complete this look by adding aviator sunglasses and bright pointed-toe purple pumps:

Gray-white coat is worn atop gingham blue-white dress paired completed with block-heel peep-toe open back sandals:

Keep it all monochrome. Go for a wide-brim hat, cream-white cape-coat and matching color dress:

Some ladies like it grungy! Go for a khaki green draped coat and style it with LBD:

Others love to wear bright clothes. Go for a bright red tailored collarless coat and pair it with black-white Houndstooth dress, black tights and classic pumps. Complete this look by adding black wide-brim hat:

Camel coat is worn atop black turtleneck dress styled with OTK black suede boots:

Beige coat looks classy and easy to style. Try it on with a fur collar scarf, black dress, matching color tights and black leather ankle-boots:

Another cute monochrome outfit is here. We see a gray draped coat worn atop matching color dress. Complete this look by adding polka dot tights, black suede boots and slouchy beanie:

Draped short-sleeve beige coat is worn atop black mini dress. Complete this look by adding suede black boots:

Cream-gray draped coat looks classy and chic styled with ribbed knit white dress:

Cute khaki olive silken dress is worn with white fur coat and black suede boots:

White coat in black windowpane is topped over slouchy cream-gray dress:

Camel coat looks awesome worn with two-piece gray long-sleeve dress:

Black tailored coat looks classy and easy to style. Wear it over gray-white dress completed with black suede boots:

Crispy white tailored coat completed with golden buttons is worn atop polka dot black dress: