The Maxi Dress Edit

Ruffles, tiers, off-the-shoulder movement — a great maxi dress has so much going on that all you have to do is show up. Here are five we’d wear all summer.

The Picks

A pink floral maxi from Target that has no business being this good at this price. Ruffles, A-line, easy in and out. The kind of dress you grab on a Target run and end up wearing to three different events.

Off-the-shoulder, ruffled, and it has pockets. At thirty dollars, this is the dress you pack for vacation without worrying about what happens to it. Comes in a ridiculous number of colors. We’re not judging if you order more than one.

The florals are pretty without being precious, and the ruffle detail keeps things interesting at the neckline. Works for the office, weekends, and everything in between. A solid middle-of-the-lineup pick.

The one with the waitlist, the one people post about. It earns the hype. The movement, the print, the way it falls — it’s already full of personality on its own.

The splurge. Linen, cutout detail, and the kind of effortless that takes very good design to pull off. This is the dress for the trip you’ve been planning, the dinner you want to feel great at, the “I don’t dress up often but when I do” moment.