Style Edit: the best white dresses for spring and summer

After many weeks of rain, a chill in the air and what felt like we’d skipped spring and summer and headed straight back into winter, we are finally experiencing some warm weather here in Paris! I usually change my wardrobe over at the end of March, but I still haven’t done it, which goes to show how far away we’ve been from summer, even though it’s less than four weeks away! But now that it looks like it’s heating up, I’ve started working on my summer style wishlist.

I love wearing white as soon as the temperature rises, it feels immediately fresh and elegant especially in dress form. I wore this beautiful House of Dagmar dress for my birthday and felt like a bonafide princess wearing it, which was exactly how I wanted to feel when celebrating my special day. For the evening I added an oversized black blazer and belt, which gave it an instant Dior elevation - see my Instagram. White dresses work well for events too, except the obvious: weddings, unless directed to do otherwise, but besides that imagine soirées, cocktails with friends, garden parties, dinners - any time you need to look a little more put together, but don’t want to wear the classic black. They’re a summer holiday staple too, especially in linen as a white linen dress will help you stay cool, such as this one for example.

Below I’ve selected a range of white dresses that I would love to wear that can all be dressed up or down with sandals or mules depending on the occasion.

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