What does it mean when you can dress things "up" or "down"?

Re: What does it mean when you can dress things "up" or "down"?

• Sumler2Be member

  

  August 2013

  It means you can dress it down as in casual type (i.e lunch, park, day wear) or up to do something fancier as in a nice dinner or something a lil more formal

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• MobKaz member

  

  August 2013

  It is usually referring to how you accessorize something.  To dress something "down", you might wear little or no jewelry, and your shoe would be a sandal or simple flat.

  
  

  To dress something "up", you might take that same simple dress and add a belt, a larger necklace, perhaps a scarf or pashmina, and wear a heel.  

  
  

  You might dress up a dress with a blazer or pretty sweater, but dress it down with a denim jacket.

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