Sheer Layers: How to Style Lightweight Sheer Tops

Sheer Layers: How to Style Lightweight Sheer Tops

Lightweight sheer layers styled with something solid, so the look has contrast without feeling overexposed.

Sheer only feels wearable to me when something solid sits next to it. A see-through blouse over a plain camisole, a mesh top tucked into leather trousers, a gauzy shirt buttoned over a bralette: the structure is what keeps it from feeling like too much.

 

The Marcella pearl top does this on its own, with a solid yoke and sheer sleeves. For work I would wear the LILYSILK shirt with its soft sleeves tucked into black trousers, or the LE BOP organza button down open over a tank. Helmut Lang's twist top and the ALLSAINTS Athea tee are what I reach for on weekends with straight jeans. When I want a little lace, the L'AGENCE Dorothea blouse looks best with one plain thing underneath and a sleek pant on the bottom.

Sheer Balance collage