Summer maxi dresses to choose before the heat arrives

Three long wraps with V-necks and short sleeves, every one of them a summer maxi dress for the hottest days of the year. Two are white cotton muslin, one with little flowers and one with pink hearts. The third is pink floral viscose.

Thirty degrees, a market at ten and dinner by the water

Muslin is thin cotton, and that’s why we picked it for the white ones. It stays pleasant on your skin at noon when everything else feels sticky. Your legs stay out of the sun under that long hem, the short sleeves cover the tops of your arms, and you can stay out in the square longer without a scarf over your shoulders.

Mornings call for flat sandals and a big straw hat. Around the city, try white sneakers and a denim jacket hung on your shoulders. Small jewelry only. The prints already do enough.

If you’re bringing just one long dress on vacation, we’d make it the white floral. A woven bag or one in natural leather, and it works from breakfast on the terrace to a late stroll through the old town.

The pink one is lightweight viscose, light and nice in the heat as well. It’s the one we’d take to a garden wedding or an evening walk along the sea, with strappy flat sandals or a low wedge and a woven bag. Tie a ribbon in the same pink into your hair, if that’s your thing. When it cools off after sunset, throw on a thin cardigan. Milk-white looks good with all three.

And the hearts? Picnic in a field, a photo shoot, a day off. That long skirt moves nicely when you walk, which is exactly what a camera loves.

Tying the waist and picking the size

Each summer maxi dress here is a wrap, which means the tie sets your waist and the bust decides the size. We make all three from XS to XL. On a curvier bust the V on the pink viscose sits well, and at the fitting you’ll adjust how deep it goes, so it stays closed when you move. Do that fitting in the sandals you’re actually packing.

These belong to our warm-weather line and return to the shop when the weather warms up, so now is a good time to choose the print and check your measurements. For shorter hems there are all our dresses for hot weather, more lengths on the long summer page and other prints among the maxis with flowers.