I'm a Dress Snob—These 39 Are Pretty Enough to Pass My Test by a Landslide
Saying that I like to dress up would be the understatement of the year. Most days, I'm fully dressed (even when working from home) in heels and a dress, not to mention jewelry and accessories, by 9 a.m. if not earlier. Because of that, my standards for dresses have become quite high, and comfort, style, versatility, and more all factor into my buying decisions in the dress department.
Lately, though, I've started to get bored of the dresses in my current rotation, leading me to look elsewhere for new styles to add to my repertoire. Many hours and what felt like 10,000 dresses later, I narrowed down my search to just 39 options. Keep scrolling to shop the best summer dresses that have my extremely hard-to-secure stamp of approval.
This linen maxi dress is perfect for a summer wedding, and it comes in two other colors.
The shirtdress of the summer.
Pickleball is trending right now—probably because of this dress.
The dress every celeb and influencer owns is back in stock. Run.
Have you ever seen a more gorgeous slip? I know I haven't.
With the right maneuvering, you could also wear this as a skirt or top.
I love the idea of wearing this unbuttoned with jeans and a great pair of sandals or mules.
I'm trying to come up with a reason not to buy this body-con mini and finding nothing.
Polka-dot dresses have been everywhere this summer.
This post was originally published at an earlier date and has since been updated.
Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.
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