E-Mail This Article to a Friend Dress (and pants) for success This season’s tunic trend solves an age-old fashion dilemma BY NAZ SIOSHANSI

ARE YOU ONE of those women who can’t decide what to wear every morning (or evening, for that matter) — pants or a dress? One of this season’s hottest fashions is made to solve that problem. Wear them both. Together. Day and night.

Aside from resolving the pants-or-dress dilemma, what’s best about this spring’s tunic trend is that there’s such a surplus of choices. For example, Jasmine Sola is offering a variety of retro fashions ($38–$48). Do you want strapless or sleeveless? Yellow, pink, blue, or green? Perhaps tie-dyed? Camisoles with or without lace? The store offers brands such as Juno and Love Amour.

If the selection is overwhelming, worry not. Just head over to Tess, where the salespeople will help you narrow down your options. For me, they recommended a pink sleeveless tunic by BP Studio ($345). While the cost is a bit high, I can always wear this tunic as a dress should the current fad fade, since it comes to just above the knee.

The owners of Wish have also embraced the bohemian style. They’re selling an orange twist tunic by Milly ($275), with two delicate straps, an empire waist, and ruffled layers at the top.

Even the big department stores have gone dress-over-jeans mad. Saks Fifth Avenue has Joie’s chic, asymmetrical printed halter tunic in oranges and blues ($195). Saks also carries Juicy Couture’s velvet mini-dress tunic ($87), which, while not as long as some others, combines the bohemian and the flapper in you. It features five wide ruffle tiers from the strapless top to just below the hip.

If you plan on heating things up before the mercury rises, take a look at Natori’s Cozumel tunic ($88), also at Saks. The light-weight cotton of this top, along with its warm summer colors, will put you in mind of summer breezes.

Where to find it:

• Jasmine Sola, various locations; www.jasminesola.com

• Saks Fifth Avenue, 786 Boylston Street, Boston, (617) 541-0077; www.saksfifthavenue.com

• Tess, 20 Brattle Street, Cambridge, (617) 864-8377.

• Wish, 49 Charles Street, Boston, (617) 227-4441; www.wishstyle.com