It’s the season of graduations, weddings, and cocktail parties out on the patio; you know you’re going to need at least one new summer dress. I always feel much less stressed buying a new dress at the beginning of the season, when there are plenty of sizes and styles, and more importantly, no real stress to find something.
Here are 20 summer dresses, all under $500 (many much less expensive than that), appropriate for celebrating in balmy temps. A number of these summer dresses can be easily dressed up or dressed down, depending on your footwear and accessories. I’ve included a number of silhouettes appropriate for varying body types, and tried to avoid the abundance of flounces that are everywhere this season.
Selections include affiliate links to pieces from StyleCarrot sponsors, but are all my own choices.
1 Dee Elly / 2 Cefinn / 3 Equipment / 4 Pixie Market / 5 Reiss
7 Reiss / 8 Pixie Market / 9 Julia Jordan / 10 P.A.R.O.S.H. / 11 Alice and Olivia
12 Vince Camuto /13 Maggy London / 14 DVF / 15 Joie / 16 Cos
17 J.Crew / 18 Draper James /19 Ted Baker / 20 Azalea
