I try to buy a couple cute dresses each Summer that will carry me through a variety of events. The main reason for this being that dresses are just so much easier to throw on. I need ones that will work for anything from my boyfriend’s office patio party on Friday evening, to a bridal/baby shower during the day, to an impromptu mid-week date night or even for a Sunday afternoon meal with family. Ones that I can wear casual flat sandals with when my hair is up in a bun but also look good with wedges and wavy hair for a more put together look.
Often times when I browse for a dress like this, I start here on the Nordstrom site. These are the dresses in the women’s section and the sort field is set to featured. It gives me an idea of what is popular right now and from there, I can start to decide what direction I want to go in. After some scrolling, my next step is to change the sort function to Newest so I can see what has just arrived on the site. And more times that not, I end up filtering both of these pages by price. Because if you’re actually in the market to get one sent to your house rather than just doing some “window shopping” then you only want to see ones that are in realistic range. Kind of the same concept as, “no thank you realtor.. I do not want to go inside the $1.2 million dollar home only to fall in love and then remember my budget is $300K”, right?!
I rounded up a few more dresses that would fall in this category for you all and you can shop them here:
I think this one is probably at the very top of my wish list. (How am I so into red these days??) But this one is a close second. I had a Free People white dress similar to this one last Summer and I practically wore it out! && I would definitely have to snag this one if I was headed to Mexico!
The dress in these photos is everything though so I can certainly recommend it! It can be tied in tighter or more lose at the waist, has pockets [!] and is lined so it’s not see through. Under $100 too! [wearing a xs]
After we snapped these photos last weekend, I ditched the sun hat and switched into these sneaks so we could walk downtown and have a casual lunch (complete with french fries and grapefruit mimosas). I loved it worn casually too! [I sized up a 1/2 size in the sneaks]
What is your go-to ootd in the summmmmatime?! Share with me becuase I am always looking for new ideas!
Dress [under $100]|| Shoes || Bra || Hat, also similar option found here || Sunglasses, Color: Transparent Grey || Lips, Color: Stripped and Cherish [BEST nude combo!]
