Vacation Packing: Reducing Load With Multifunctional Outfits - as part of the Women's Style series by GeoBeats. The trick to not overpacking when packing for a vacation is to pack items that are really flexible and multitask, real workhorse pieces. One thing you definitely want to make sure you spend a lot of time on are the accessories that you are choosing to go with everything. Obviously, your favorite pair of jeans, something very comfortable. Going through airports, depending on what type of sightseeing you are going to do, very important, then all the different tops that you are going to put with that. Skirts, shorts, stuff like that, that go with these same types. So make sure you do not have anything that is just travel or just any one particular thing. That is going to take a lot of necessary space in your suitcase that you could use for other outfits. We are going to talk about how to maximize key pieces. This is just a little strapless, black cotton, easy, really comfortable, blowy. It can be as casual as we want it to be, or as dressy as we want it to be. We are going to do a couple of things to make this different outfits. One thing I really like to do is to layer. So, it gets a little bit cooler. Let us say you are really lucky and you get to be in the Caribbean and that breeze is blowing and you get a little bit cold like I do. You can layer on top of this little strapless dress the cardigan of your choice. This one in particular, I really like neutrals, blacks, oatmeals. This longer, boyfriend cardigan length just adds a little bit more worky to it, and a little less secretary. Then I also like to add belts. You will notice there is a little seam here already on the dress, it is just begging to have something cover that up. I like to add my favorite belt, again, this is that stretchy kind, to this. So I belt this underneath. You can also belt it over the sweater if you want to. But with the extra weight of this belt and then the sweater, visually, then I like to add something a little bit more substantial in the shoe. You can mix and match with different jewelry pieces. If you want to go with the bracelet, a big pair of earrings, something a little bit more fancy. But like I said, we also want to be able to keep this a little bit more casual, or dress it up if we want to. We want versatility. So again, cute little sandals can go with the necklace, earrings like this. Also looks great with your big sunhat. What I love about this one, in particular, you can do anything you want to it and it is going to pop back to its original shape, great to shove last second into your bag. This dress, again, with something like these really cute espadrille sandals and then a necklace like this, you are ready for a night out on the town. Another great accessory that I really like to include in my suitcases are scarves, similar to what I am doing right now. Big scarf fan. You can get different colored ones. Again, keeping into the neutrals that I like so much. Something a little bit heavier, like this, if you want to, a little bit lighter like this. All are going to have a different feel. Once this is put around the neck, it is going to have a big impact without having to add another layer.
