White Linen Dresses Are Nice, But This Specific Linen-Dress Trend Is Getting More Traction in 2026

We found the best versions of the chic and highly versatile dress.

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Poppy Delevingne wearing a a brown linen mini dress in Cannes
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White linen dresses are as timeless as timeless summer wardrobe staples get, and that's just a fact. Because of this, you probably own at least one and perhaps don't really need to add another to your collection this season. What you might not have in your collection is the linen-dress trend that's quickly becoming a major summer 2026 trend: brown linen mini dresses. It appears that brands collectively decided that this would be the year that they'd all design at least one brown linen mini dress, as they're suddenly all over the internet, and I just spotted that exact style on the streets of Cannes, which I don't think is a coincidence.

Longtime British It girl Poppy Delevingne, in town for the Cannes Film Festival, was pictured wearing a pretty Maje tank dress with cut-outs at the side, paired smartly with brown leather mule-style boat shoes. Something I love about this particular dress trend is that it's arguably far more versatile than a white linen dress. Brown linen mini dresses can easily be dressed up for evening or down for daytime, as Delevingne opted to do.

Intrigued? Keep scrolling to shop my brown linen mini dress picks.

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The Linen-Dress Trend IRL

Poppy Delevingne wearing a brown linen mini dress and boat shoes in Cannes

(Image credit: Danny Beck/Getty Images)

Poppy Delevingne wearing a brown linen mini dress and boat shoes in Cannes

(Image credit: Danny Beck/Getty Images)

On Poppy Delevingne: Maje Short Linen Blend Dress ($480), Leather Boat Mules ($380), Suede Miss M Bucket Bag ($410), and sunglasses

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Allyson Payer
Allyson Payer
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.