20 Under-$40 Dresses to Wear With Sneakers This Spring
When I think of easy spring outfit ideas, few are more top of mind than the classic dress-and-sneaker combo. After all, everyone owns (at least) one pair of sneakers, and when the weather finally turns dress-appropriate, they quickly become the only thing you want to wear. Plus, it’s pretty much as comfortable an outfit as it gets, while still looking put together and polished.
Since I know you have the footwear component down—if you don’t, we’ve got you covered there too—I thought today (only the second official day of spring) would be as good a time as any to round up our favorite affordable dresses to wear with your sneakers. From polished midis that you can also wear to work to flowy maxis and fun minidresses, see and shop our favorites from our Who What Wear collection for Target and get some outfit inspo via Instagram along the way.
White sneakers perfectly complement the white in the print of this maxi dress. Lucky for us all, they also go with pretty much everything else and are always guaranteed to look polished.
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It's no surprise that this tiered floral mini dress has been such a hit with our shoppers this season. Just check out the #mywhowhatwear hashtag to see the proof.
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Another must-have for spring? This affordable anorak. It comes in both this berry color and a bold yellow and is perfect for April showers and other transitional-weather-dressing days ahead.
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Up next? The $42 trend everyone wore at fashion week.
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.
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