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8 workwear-approved summer dresses

Comfortable for the commute, light and airy for the often-humid office, and balancing the chic to professional scales, the perfect summer workwear dress has to tick multiple boxes

A guest wears an Alemais dress and Loewe bag at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2023 at Carriageworks on May 15, 2023 in Sydney, Australia

With the sun making more of a regular appearance this past week, we’ve found ourselves rooting through our dresses of summer’s past for the in-office days.

Comfortable for the commute, light and airy for the often-humid office, and balancing the chic to professional scales, the perfect summer workwear dress has to tick multiple boxes.

If, like us, you’re finding it difficult on the sourcing front, we’ve done the hard work for you and rounded up our top eight picks – and it just so happens that they will see you through post-work drinks, too.

Viscose Sonia midaxi dress, €250, seanewyork.com
Viscose belted puff sleeve midi dress, €99, stories.com
Tencel printed midi shirt dress, € 99, cos.com
Organic cotton Blandine dress, €180, sezane.com
Cotton asymmetric length dress, €60, zara.com
Organic cotton green seersucker check maxi dress, €275, ganni.com
Cotton-poplin striped midi shirt dress, €228, Chinti & Parker at theoutnet.com
Silk-blend knitted dress, €90, hm.com