Cool Girls Are Wearing This Comfy Summer 2026 Dress Trend to Look Effortlessly Chic
You know when you see something once and like it, then start to suddenly notice it everywhere? Such is the case with me and the topic of today's roundup: the sleep minidress. I first came across this one from Reformation last month, and naturally, my pregnant self thought, "That looks cute and comfy," screenshotted it to potentially buy later, and went about my day. Of course, I soon realized these light and airy, comfortable, often diaphanous, and lace-embellished sleep dresses are everywhere, and I'm so into it.
Clearly, I'm not the only one who bought in. Not only is it championed by the aforementioned brand as well as Dôen, Revolve, J.Crew, Prada, and more, but I've also been spotting it all over my feed. For fashion's cool girls, the sleep dress is the dress trend of summer 2026, and seeing as it's available at nearly any budget, I'm officially hopping on the bandwagon. To see and shop all the options I'm loving for the months ahead, simply keep scrolling.
And I love the flats they paired it with.
Since starting as a fashion intern in 2013, Nicole Akhtarzad Eshaghpour has held several roles at Who What Wear. She is currently editor at large, and in her present work for the site, she focuses on a mélange of shopping content, including her new-arrivals and Trust Me—Buy This columns as well as her weekly Trust Me—Buy This newsletter. Her interest in shopping spans everything from decoding the best luxury investments to discovering on-the-rise brands to trend forecasting, affordable fashion, and more. She holds a business administration degree from USC's Marshall School of Business and has been based in New York since 2017, when she moved from her hometown of Beverly Hills.