19 long-sleeve summer dresses for when I don't fancy having my arms out
It didn't surprise me to read that almost 4,000 people search for the best long-sleeve summer dresses every month here in the UK. I adore this time of year for browsing the colourful bouquet of summer dresses that flood the new-in sections of my favourite retailers – but those with spaghetti straps, ruffled shoulders or bandeau necklines often feel most readily available.
Shop my favourite summer dresses with sleeves:
For those of us who want to dress a little more modestly? Cover our arms to feel a tad more confident? Or, indeed, open up the possibility of dressing in a floaty dress before temperatures soar into the thirties? Summer dresses with sleeves are not only elegant and approved by countless Scandinavian influencers I adore following – but they're practical, too.
As such, I've taken it upon myself to curate an edit of my favourite long-sleeve summer dresses, from Sleeper – the Ukranian brains behind those beautifully billow-y linen dresses – to Rixo, ASOS and & Other Stories.
Shirt dresses were sent down the SS26 catwalks at Stella McCartney and Fendi – and Arket's simple, oversized shirt dress featured below nails the trend to perfection. Elsewhere, dresses at Ferragamo and Chloé were adorned with lace trims; if that's your summer dress trend of choice and you have a wedding to attend, I'd point you in the direction of this asymmetric lace-trim dress from high-street hero Karen Millen. My favourite summer dress with sleeves of them all, though? Rixo's Edina Embroidered Dress which – now back in stock following a swift sell-out – fits like a dream, is made from breezy cotton-voile and has both buttons and waist ties to enable you to adjust the fit. Shop it below.
From puffed to cuffed, flared to frilled and everything in-between (bishop, ballooned, cinched, fluted, three-quarter), there's a long-sleeve summer dress in this edit for you. Trust: you have a smorgasbord of choice when it comes to finding your favourite.
Ahead, 19 long-sleeve summer dresses that I've wish-listed (or worn) for the season ahead.
After something else? Shop my favourite white summer dresses, summer wedding guest dresses and on-trend crochet dresses.
