Style Guide: 4 Great Summer Dresses & How To Wear Them

Summer is coming! We promise. And when the sun shines you'll be wanting to waft in a great summer dress, whatever the occasion. Here are four of our favourite great summer dresses that will work hard while you play.

The Picnic Dress

This pretty Pink City Prints Dress, £185, is perfect for that picnic gathering or indeed a summer garden party for the Queen's Jubilee, perhaps. 

Style it with: (clockwise from top left) Beck Sondergaard Sunglasses, £42; Part Two Hat, £29.95; Ichi Bag, £55; Ichi Hairband, £18; Tim and Simonsen Wedge Sandals, £95; Ichi Denim Jacket, £55.

The Weekend Away Dress

Check out this Part Two Pam Dress, £99.95, for an easy-to-wear wardrobe winner at home and abroad. It's equally as strong on the beach as it is pounding those city streets tourist-style.

Style it with: (clockwise from top left) Enamel Copenhagan Earrings, £65; Yaya Sliders, £49.95; Part Two Sunglasses, £29.95; Beck Sondergaard Bag, £48.

The Laidback City Chic Dress

We love this Hartford Dress, £130, for that perfect summer in the city look. We dream of New York but it will work as well here at home in the UK.

Style it with: (clockwise from top left) Ichi Hat, £25; Part Two Sunglasses, £29.95; Bellerose Bag, £175; Tim and Simonsen Slides, £85; Hartford Jacket, £185.

 The Sporting Event Dress

Inspired by blue skies and tennis whites this fresh blue and white striped Ichi Dress, £65, feels like it was designed to wear while eating strawberries and drinking Pimms at Wimbledon. 

Style it with: (clockwise from top right) Part Two Blazer, £199.95; Shoe The Bear Trainers, £130;  Sessun Bag, £160; Part Two Sunglasses, £29.95.