This post shares some great dresses you can wear for Thanksgiving dinner and beyond. All of these are great as we transition into fall and the holiday season.

Don’t you hate when you go school supply shopping in July (which itself is insane), only to see Halloween items on the shelves? And a week or two later when you go back to get the protractor that was left off the list (voice of experience talking) you find Thanksgiving stuff?
Or Christmas swag at Costco in October? I have a hard and fast rule around Christmas decor and music—nothing before December 1st. My kids try to re-negotiate this each holiday season.
The rush to get through all of these holidays causes a pile up at the end of the year. You feel like all you do is eat, drink, and get dressed up. We don’t get to celebrate individual holidays and enjoy them without rushing off to set up for the next one.
While I try to give each individual holiday its own time to shine, I do realize the need to plan some things ahead, like your outfit. You can’t wait until October 28th to shop for your Halloween costume.
Inspiration for Thanksgiving dinner dresses
So with that in mind, I bring you dresses for Thanksgiving dinner now, 6 weeks before the actual holiday. This gives you time to review, order, try on, return, and re-shop if needed. Or time to look through your closet to put something together that you already own and if needed shop for accessories to freshen things up.
These dresses are also great transitional wear. These long warm summers that carry on into fall don’t allow you to bust out your sweaters on September 21st. We need to ease into the season and account for the temperature changes that happen in a single day.
I also tried to find dresses that you can wear to dinner, lunch, the office and date night. Versatility is key with almost everything I buy and a dress for Thanksgiving dinner is no different.
Let me see allllll the dresses



This sweater dress is like a soft throw blanket that you can wear out of the house. It is the perfect dress to take you from a slight chill in the air in fall to the depths of winter (or as deep as it goes here in Northern California). You can wear this with a loafer now, boots and tights later. It’s soft, cozy, and warm and the tie in the middle hides any post-stuffing bloat that may occur from Thanksgiving dinner.






How to find your perfect Thanksgiving dinner dress
Start in your closet. Dig around and see what you have in there that you can freshen up with jewelry, shoes, a scarf, or fun shoes. If you don’t come up with anything, then you can do a little shopping. But give yourself time so you don’t rush, or feel frazzled by finding what to wear. Finding the right dress isn’t alway easy, but when you find a good one, it’s worth the work.
What are you wearing for Thanksgiving dinner this year? Let me know in the comments below. Happy planning.
Kim
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I LOVE this!!! Thank you, Kim! I especially love the turtleneck dress and boots outfit. I’m going to shop for something like that! Thank you for this help!!! ❤️
I’m glad it helped. That turtleneck dress would be so darling on you! Let me know if you need more suggestions, but that blue color would be gorgeous on you!
Hi Kim! Love your dress options. I’m curious about the clothes on Buru’s site. Was actually eyeing the leopard purple skirt that they just released. Wonder if I would need to hem it since I’m 5 ft. tall. Overall, thinking Buru is for taller ladies? What do you think?
Oooh that is such a cute skirt and could be worn so many ways. Morgan, the woman who designs everything it is 5’6″ so not a giant, but taller and many things are geared for taller women. You may need a hem, but hard to tell until you receive it. My hot tip for you in regards to them is if you do a return get a store credit. Then you won’t be charged a service fee. And they are always coming out with new things. Get on their mailing list and follow them on IG to be in the know about when they drop new collections. Hope this helps.
Sounds great Kim! I often need things tailored so I’ll keep that in mind. Glad you like the purple skirt!