5 timeless dresses for all your summer plans

and 20+ secondhand links to find your perfect match

Jul 04, 2025

Summertime is here and it seems that everyone in North America and Europe is talking about how hot it is.

Summer, you’re the best

As a kid, I loved my suburban New York summers: barbecues, swimming in the Long Island Sound, fireflies (magic!), cooling off in supermarket AC, spending hours in the backyard and renting so many movies at Blockbuster.

As an adult, I wait all year for the northern European summer to kick in. Some years it takes longer than others (looking at you, 2024), but, so far, 2025 is delivering.

I’ve been enjoying every second of the long evenings, the (almost) daily ice creams, leaving the house without a jacket, the swim hangs in Amsterdam. What a time of year!

5 dresses for every summer moment

In honor of this wonderful season, here are 5 types of dresses to carry you through all your summer days and adventures.

1. A halter neck dress for endless summer nights sipping wine with your friends

When the sun sets at 10PM and you feel like you have all the time in the world. Is it Tuesday evening? Saturday evening? It doesn’t matter, it’s ✨summer✨

🔮 Secondhand finds for you:

Also the perfect dress to pack for your vacation for when you’re not just hanging out in your bathing suit.

2. A mini dress to survive the hottest city days in style

For some gelato and for channelling our inner Hot Child in the City (which is one of the very best SATC episodes, probably because of that incredible 1980 Moschino fish dress).

🔮 Secondhand finds for you:

3. A fancier dress for special celebrations like your best friend’s wedding

If there’s one category of clothing items I have a hard time shopping for, it’s wedding dresses. Why is it so hard?! This post sums up my feelings on this very well:

The Jones Report

How to Feel Like "You" at a Wedding

What is it about weddings that can make us throw out everything we’ve developed in our personal styles? That can have us reaching for a floral floaty dress, when we’d turn in the opposite direction from said item on any other day of the year? That can have us dropping multiple figures on pieces that we’re told we…

2 months ago · 20 likes · 10 comments · Angharad Jones

I’ve landed on 2 dresses I truly love (and feel me in!) and wear on rotation. It’s the same story for both: found secondhand, caught my eye because of the color and fabric, a bargain under 30€, but 2 sizes too big, so required 2 rounds of tailoring.

Maybe secondhand + tailoring is the wedding outfit combo we all need!

just casually showing off my husband too

🔮 Secondhand finds for you:

Theory, S, 180€
Moschino, S, 20€ or similar, Carol, M, 10€
Cacharel, M, 25€ - love the fabric
MaxMara set, L, 75€
Tara Jarmon, L, 25€

I also found this other cute Tara Jarmon number and this fun y2k pink option!

4. A shirt dress to wear to work

Apologies for this abrupt transition. But, alas, that’s the sad reality of adulthood: it’s summer and yet here we are working.

One second you’re partying at a wedding, the next you’re in front of your computer on Monday morning. Messed up! But at least we can wear cute dresses to make up for it?

🔮 Secondhand finds for you: