Different Ways to Wear a Cocktail Dress

So lately I have been thinking about ways to challenge myself to make my wardrobe even more versatile than I already try to do.  With that said, I have recently purchased two new cocktail dresses for special occasions, one was my new sequin green strapless dress for New Year’s Eve and the other was recently for my birthday (a long-sleeve black lace dress).  So I wanted to share a few ways to reinvent a cocktail dress for more casual or additional going out looks: add a fun printed legging (animal print seen below), throw a blouse and belt over top to wear it as a skirt and add a blazer for more casual take on the dress, while still looking chic!