Mini white dresses for hot days and cold nights

A mini white dress can mean a cotton sundress for the beach or a warm angora-blend knit for a December night out, and we make both. Here you’ll find thin muslin, linen and satin for summer next to rib knit, angora and velvet for the cold months.

July, the beach and a hot city

Muslin is our thin cotton. It’s light, it feels nice on hot skin, and several of the summer styles come in it with little prints, like cornflowers, tiny pink blossoms or hearts, plus off-shoulder necklines and short sleeves. After a wash it crinkles a bit. That’s normal for muslin, and a steamer sorts it out in two minutes.

Linen’s the other hot-weather option. Our short linen dress leaves the shoulders bare and goes with flat leather sandals and a woven bag.

Then there’s the baby doll, white with pink flowers, roomy from the bust down. It doesn’t cling at the tummy or the hips. A satin-look bandeau with blue florals holds on at the bust without straps, which is great for a tan but means you’ll want a strapless bra.

The same white, but in November

Cold weather doesn’t mean you have to give up short. Our angora-blend minis are soft and warm, and the wrap style has a flared skirt that moves when you walk. One comes with ruffles, another with a turtleneck in milky white. Wear thick nude tights and beige or brown boots, and a light coat on top.

Rib knit sits close to the body. Seamless nude underwear underneath, always, since white shows lines. That goes double for the fitted cotton mini with a keyhole at the chest, a stretchy blend of 95 % cotton and 5 % elastane.

Prefer something dressier? A white velvet mini with long sleeves looks great at a winter party, especially in photos.

The summer styles go back on the site in spring. If you’d like other lengths, see every white style, compare colors among our mini dresses, or stay with the hot-weather pieces on the white summer dress page.