5 timeless dresses for all your summer plans
and 20+ secondhand links to find your perfect match
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:
Calvin Klein, M, 45€ or similar Brown, S, 10€
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:
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!
🔮 Secondhand finds for you:
Moschino, S, 20€ or similar, Carol, M, 10€
Cacharel, M, 25€ - love the fabric
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:
5. A denim dress for all your weekend plans in the city
The summer-proof sister to your trusty pair of jeans for all city adventures— museum outings, picnics in the park or long, slow, strolls.
(And maybe to feel a bit like Britney?)
🔮 Secondhand finds for you:
Hope you love all these picks as much as I loved finding them!
And on the topic of wearing dresses, my friend Mila over at The Fashion Emblem wrote a lovely piece about finding the dress that “feels you”:
Thanks for reading, à la semaine prochaine 🫶
— Laure
Larchmont 🥲
Timeless dresses are the only summer outfits we need to survive this heaaaaaat
Also Emilie is definitely a Britney queen ❤️
so many cute dresses! <3 laughed about the work transition, and I agree, that duality is adulthood :) have a lovely weekend xx