Oaklawn Park Fashion; Elevate Your Style in a Cape for Southwest Stakes

Elevate Your Style in a Cape at the 2014 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park: The $300,000 1 1/16 mile Southwest Stakes for three-year-olds at Oaklawn Park takes place in Hot Springs, AR. The weather prediction is sunny and cool with high of 59 degrees. This is the perfect time to try a fashion forward cape.

This isn’t your average super hero’s cape and it is far from a costume for the 2014 Southwest Stakes. Instead, a cape gives you a bit of warmth without feeling like you are being engulfed by a coat, and allows you to have a little bit of fashion flare. Look to celebrities like Olivia Wilde and Jennifer Hudson for inspiration (pictured below).

The key to wearing a cape is make sure that the length of your coat matches the length of your dress or skirt to keep the proportions correct, or if the hem of your dress or skirt goes well past the length your cape, keep the dress or skirt fitted and slim, closely hugging the body. If your skirt or dress only slightly peeks out from underneath the length of your cape you can try fuller versions, but either way, you want to avoid looking frumpy or baggy.

Try a black cape for a chic and polished look. Pair it with your hair in loose waves and a small pillbox fascinator for a carefree, fun, and yet, glamorous and chic look. Check out Leighton Meester from her Gossip Girl Days as Blair Waldorf for inspiration (pictured below).

If you are a little hesitant to wear a cape or you feel like you will need a little more warmth, try a regular coat with a bit of a caplet on the top like Blake Lively is seen wearing below and still make a statement.

The 2014 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park is an official Kentucky Derby prep race awarding the winner with ten points on the leaderboard. Post time for the Southwest Stakes is at 5:09 PM CST on Saturday, February 17, 2014.

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