Maxi dresses are a go-to summertime style for good reason. They blend easy breezy comfort with designs that go from day to night and casual to dressy. And thanks to a wide range of styles and cuts, there is a maxi dress that is sure to complement your figure. We've found 15 versatile beauties to maximize your summer style. Life just feels more fun when you're wearing a maxi dress, right?
Sporty, romantic, boho, and dramatic — there is a maxi dress for every mood and occasion. Great with sandals and wedges, they can be equally chic with sneakers and flip-flops. Their floor-length design delivers drama, coverage, and lots of design options from body-con to loose and floaty. Find your perfect maxi, and you've got a fashion workhorse that feels FAB every time you put it on.
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Banded Beauty
From the pretty print to the kimono sleeve, this Banded Maxi Dress ($129, garnethill.com) is designed to flatter. The draped sleeve gives just a bit of cover, while the banded detail both defines and lengthens.
Tailored & Tiered
This Tiered Sleeveless Maxi Dress ($148, bananarepublic.gap.com) strikes the perfect balance between dressed up and carefree. The buttoned yolk has a nice tailored look, while the tiered skirt will make your legs look longer.
Boho High Low
This Tapestry Print Button Down Maxi Dress ($79, express.com) has romance to spare with its flutter sleeves and sheer flowing skirt. It's also made to satisfy your need for a mini dress without baring it all. The scoop neck will show off your favorite necklace.
Color Blocked Cutie
The bold, graphic design of the Style & Co Color Blocked Maxi Dress ($69.50, macys.com) adds a punch of detailing to draw your eye up and down — perfect to showcase your shoulders and favorite sandals.
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Sunny Yellow
This flowy crepe Boho Maxi Dress with Ruffles & Lace Insert ($89, us.asos.com) falls gently over the body. Well-placed and tiered ruffles add a soft waistline and length to your frame. Perfect for beach walking.
Beachy Vibe
This Printed Strapless Knit Maxi ($89.95, thelimited.com) is ready for vacation, the farmers' market, Sunday brunch, or a hot summer night out. The ruched bodice and A-line skirt will make the most of your curves. Love the modern print!
Swingin' Stipes
This Full Skirt Maxi Dress ($148, bodenusa.com) seems like a simple striped maxi until you see it move, and then shazam — wow factor! The fitted bust features a flattering wrap-effect, and last but not least … pockets!
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Ikat Drama
This attention-grabbing Ikat Bloom Ripple Dress ($118, athleta.gap.com) serves up sass and comfort in equal measure. The high neck shows off your shoulders and the skirt shows a flash of legs. But the best part is the built-in mesh bra!
Pretty Patchwork
So charming, so easy, this Long Patchwork Dress ($49, zara.com) is a real charmer. Perfect for a stacked wedge sandal or your favorite flip flops. The long full skirt means you're comfortable at all times. Totally groovy!
Tie Dye Divine
This Tie Dye Tank Maxi Dress With Sheer Back Detail ($39.99, target.com) combines loads of visual detail with a simple, flattering design. The on-trend print features a drawstring waist and side slits.
Color Pop
Go bold and colorful and show off your curves in this beautiful kimono-style Melissa McCarthy Seven7 Kimono Style Maxi Dress ($159, nordstrom.com). Wrap front and A-line styling show off your bust, waist, hips.
Off-the-Shoulder Stunner
What makes off-the-shoulder styles so across-the-board appealing? It's the way they show off the curve of your neck and shoulders with just a hint of decolletage. This Off-the-Shoulder Maxi Dress ($49.99, hm.com) adds some romance with a crepe floral and high slits.
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Sophisticated Silk
Ah, this Bridre Maxi Dress ($289, clubmonaco.com) is so elegant and dreamy. I love everything about it: the midnight blue floral print, the flattering V-neckline, the split sleeve, and the slit skirt. It's modern, romantic and perfectly breezy. Covet…
Beautiful Front and Back
This Felicity and Coco Striped Strapless Maxi Dress ($88, shop.nordstrom.com) is plenty vavavoom from the front, but the back is sure to turn heads! The double knots create a keyhole that highlights the small of the back, one of the prettiest curves on every woman.
Every Girl Needs an LBM
Forget Little Black Dresses, if your closet is missing an LBM — Long Black Maxi — then this plus-size Jersey Maxi Dress ($49.99, hm.com) is the perfect dress to solve your fashion crisis! Simple tank, decorative beads at top, full skirt, soft knit — this wardrobe staple is ready to go, clean and stripped down. You can't lose.
