The Classic Hero Piece That Fashion People Reach For All Summer Long

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collage of style influencers including Marina Torres, Salomé Mory, and Taffy Msipa wearing chic white dresses

(Image credit: @marina_torres; @salome.mory; @taffymsipa)

Any time friends, family, or a reader asks me what piece they should wear when the weather warms up, I will always recommend they start with finding a chic white dress. It's a classic hero piece that fashion people and beyond always reach for during spring and summer, and for good reason. White dresses stylishly signal the change in the season and come in options to fit just about every personal style and occasion.

When I need fresh outfit inspiration, it's no secret that I turn to my Instagram fashion favorites. This week, I rounded up seven incredibly chic white-dress outfit ideas to keep on file this season, including classic picks, romantic standouts, trendy silhouettes, and much more. Keep scrolling to check out each look as well as 35 of the best white dresses that will have you looking like a fashion person all summer long.

British style influencer Kim Turkington walking down a sidewalk wearing a sleeveless white poplin maxi dress, a brown woven leather tote, a green sweater tied around the waist, and brown suede Birkenstock sandals

(Image credit: @kimturkington_)

British influencer Monikh Dale wears a textured white sleeveless dress while posing next to her stylish midcentury modern dining room table in her London home

(Image credit: @monikh)

British Taffy Msipa poses in black oval sunglasses, a black cord pendant necklace, ruched white sleeveless dress, tan Loewe puzzle bag, and black ballet flats

(Image credit: @taffymsipa)

French style influencer Salomé Mory poses in Marrakech wearing a white crochet open-knit long-sleeve key-hole dress with black flip-flop sandals, and a Loewe straw tote bag

(Image credit: @salome.mory)

fashion influencer Marina Torres poses in a field of grass wearing a simple sleeveless white midi dress, sunglasses, and flip-flop sandals

(Image credit: @marina_torres)

fashion influencer Debora Rosa sits on outside on a concrete wall wearing black sunglasses, a ruched shirred white dress, and crochet flats

(Image credit: @deborabrosa)

style influencer Mimi Nguyen poses on a NYC sidewalk wearing a white crinkled off-the-shoulder midi dress with balloon sleeves, a shell embellished clutch bag, and strappy white heeled sandals

(Image credit: @mimixn)
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Jennifer Camp Forbes
Jennifer Camp Forbes
Senior Shopping Editor

Jennifer Camp Forbes is a senior shopping editor at Who What Wear, where she has worked in a variety of capacities including creative director and various editor roles. She’s a well-known shopping expert that’s sought out for advice and insight on the latest trends, outfit ideas, and fashion picks thanks to her thoughtful shopping roundups. Jennifer's lifelong interest in fashion led her to intern at Harper’s Bazaar as an undergraduate. Later, while working towards her masters degree in psychological counseling at Columbia University, she founded two digital fashion publications: Le Fashion and Olsens Anonymous. The popularity of both sites grew and after graduation she decided put her plans to become a therapist aside to pursue a career in fashion.

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