Target Is Selling a 'Perfect' Knit Sweater Dress That Looks So Much Like a Nordstrom Style That’s Almost 5x the Price

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Sweater weather doesn't just apply to the pullover knits we pair with our favorite jeans — we adore cozy sweater dresses just as much! The right sweater dresses will make you feel like you're wrapped in your favorite throw blanket, yet look super chic and sophisticated.

We wanted to get more sweater dresses into our fall and winter wardrobes, and naturally scoped out Target to see what's in store. This maxi dress from A New Day immediately stood out, and it's already impressing shoppers with its high-quality design.. It also looks very similar to a designer style we spotted at Nordstrom, but costs a fraction of the high-end price.

A New Day Long Sleeve Maxi Sweater Dress, $40 at Target

This dress' design is simple, but that's what gives it an aura of sophistication. The top has a higher neckline that creates a mini mockneck, and flows down in a straight line with a super subtle A-line skirt. It's made from a recycled polyester-viscose-nylon fabric that's also ribbed, which gives it some extra stretch that we love. Shoppers say that this material feels "soft" and that this dress "hugs your curves in all the right places!"

Another detail that we adore are the long sleeves on this dress, which slate out slightly at the wrist and looks adorable. This simple touch takes this dress from basic and boring to stylish, along with all of the other details we've already mentioned. One reviewer writes that they "get tons of compliments" whenever they wear this dress, which we always love to hear.

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We'd put this sweater dress in the quiet luxury category. Despite it being fairly simple, it carries an air of elegance that makes it look high-end and expensive. It looks so much like a designer dress we came across at Nordstrom , which is close to five times the price of the Target dress.

Du Paradis Valentin Long Sleeve Rib Maxi Dress, $180 at Nordstrom

These two dresses are close to carbon copies of each other, with some very minor differences that don't overshadow the difference in price. For the best bang for your buck, picking up the A New Day maxi dress is definitely the way to go.