Sales

Trust me, these are the 21 very best dresses in the summer sales right now

Frugality is fashionable.

18 June 2021

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Hands up if you’re feeling slightly bored of your current wardrobe? Don’t worry, we’re with you. We’ve all enjoyed a prolonged period of being ‘on a break’ with the majority of what’s inside our closets, and now that social lives are a thing again it’s suddenly tough to remember what we ever wore beforehand. Of course, there’s some gems in there that we’ve rediscovered. But if you’re anything like us, on the whole, you’re really feeling that year of not buying anything other than tracksuits right about now.

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With the return of birthdays, staycations and weddings (albeit smaller ones for now), we’re feeling the urge to shop again, and not just for casualwear this time. Some of us are even returning to offices, calling for far more put-together outfits than we’re used to lately. So, where to start?

Well, the obvious choice, of course, is summer dresses. For one, summer weather has finally arrived meaning we can actually enjoy wearing them without the risk of freezing to death. But mostly, dresses are perfect for right now because of how effortlessly they can make you look good (and not like you’ve completely forgotten how to put outfits together). Throw on a dress in the morning, add your favourite pair of sandals and you’re good to go. From meetings to errands, to drinks out with the girls, a great dress is always appropriate (and makes you feel a little fancy, which we’re not mad about). No wonder they’re so darn popular.

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However much we’d love to be the kind of people that splurged on a whole new dress collection every summer, realistically these days - who is? It’s kinder on the environment, and our purses, to spend wisely and pick a few versatile pieces to really love for seasons to come and elevate our current wardrobes. That’s where the summer sales come in. The timing of this year's women's fashion sales couldn’t be better - just as we start to think about refreshing our wardrobes, prices have started to drop. The big e-tailers have launched first (Net-a-Porter, Matches, Farfetch, Selfridgesand Liberty sales are all live now — go go go), with & Other Stories, Arket and Mango leading the high street contingent.

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As always, we’re keeping our beady, bargain-loving eyes open and will be reporting back as soon as we hear of more. But for now, we’ve taken care of the stressful part of sales for you (that’s the endless scrolling and pondering over whether something’s still cool or not), and have rounded up the 21 very, very best dresses on sale right now. Trust us when we say there are a lot to choose from, but in our opinion these are the ones worth investing in now. From the most perfect wedding-guest dresses we’ve ever seen from Shrimps and Stine Goya, to easy everyday pieces like this Ganni dress that’s still at the top of all our wishlists. Don’t miss the high street deals either; we’re currently dreaming of this sage green ASOS number, and may or may not have already popped this & Other Stories puff sleeved dress in our basket.

Remember, these are in-demand sale pieces, so they won’t be around for long before being snapped up; let this be a warning to you to act fast if you fall hard.

Keep scrolling to see our best sales dress picks, and also (because we’re nice like that) easy links to all of the best women’s sales that are already live below.