Shirred! Strapless! Two Tone! 7 2025 Summer Dress Trends To Know

Hot weather days are no longer on the horizon. Summer is officially here and it’s brought with it a stream of languid holidays, a newfound sense of optimism and a desire for slipping into the season’s most coveted uniform—the dress. We could wax lyrical about the endless appeal of the summer dress, harking on about its relevance and significance in the most dreamy warmer climate wardrobes like Jane Birkin’s Saint Tropez style to Kate Moss’ off-duty looks in Ibiza. However, we’d much rather spend our time actually looking at the sunny styles saturating store floors.

The key summer dress trends of 2025 are ones that favour simplicity. Consider these balmy heroes that you can wear year after year and are impactful enough to suit a bevy of different events, be it the rooftop after work drinks, to terrace lunches and multiple weddings you have on your social calendar. Indeed, instead of intricate embellishments or whimsical prints, the top silhouettes are sleek, streamlined and sophisticated, ranging from everything to chic two-toned styles to the new ways of wearing stripes.