Forgotten how to dress? These 25 Fashion Editor-approved summer dresses are the simplest additions for a chic post-lockdown wardrobe
While we may be still very much in the midst of a global pandemic, the arrival - albeit brief - of summer combined with our collective tentative efforts to ease ourselves out of national lockdowns has brought about a sense that there may just be a glimmer of light at the end of this very long, very dark tunnel.
But despite our excitement and eagerness to get outside and spend time with the friends and family members that we've not seen in over a year, there's no doubt a collective sense of hesitation about re-entering the world of public spaces with a whole new batch of concerns to add to our list.
Taureans and Capricorns, we hope you've been saving up.
Aside from the more obvious health anxieties, many of us find ourselves riddled with far more trivial worries. Rediscovering the art of small talk has been one such worry, but another discussion many of us have been having about post-lockdown life relates to sartorial matters. After all, has anyone worn a non-elasticated waist over the last twelve months? The dress that you put on for a Christmas Day Instagram picture before slipping back into your joggers doesn't count, by the way.
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For some, post-lockdown life introduces the much-anticipated sense of occasion that our wardrobes have been lacking over the last year. For others, the very idea of #curating a #lewk fills them with utter dread.
Sometimes we just need a gentle nudge in the right direction. If you're suffering from a touch of wardrobe-block fear not, you're certainly not alone.
Thankfully this is the easiest season to wing it, with the classic summer dress proving the ultimate throw-on-and-go staple year after year.
Here are the 25 hand-picked styles our Fashion Editor recommends considering for a little post-lockdown sartorial simplicity...
For more from Glamour UK's Fashion Editor Charlie Teather, follow her on Instagram @charlieteather.
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: FLORAL
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: SHIRRED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: FLORAL MAXI
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: SHIRT DRESS
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: FLORAL
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: SHIRRED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: RUFFLED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: CUT-OUT
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: TANK
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: TEA DRESS
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: WHITE MAXI
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: FLORAL SLIP
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: SMOCK
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: ONE-SHOULDER
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: OVERSIZED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: PUFF-SLEEVED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: MINI
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: PRINTED
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: BLACK MAXI
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: MIDI
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: RENTAL
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: WRAP DRESS
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: FLORAL
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: TUNIC
POST-LOCKDOWN SUMMER DRESSES: WRAP DRESS
