How To Style Neutral Summer Dresses To Look Hot Whilst Keeping Cool This Season

Neutral summer outfits don’t have to be boring. If you love summer dresses in neutral summer colours, this post will give you some great tips and inspiration to help level up your style game and make all your neutral summer dresses look cool and eye catching. The best part? You probably already have ALL the necessary items in your closet to recreate all the looks shown below. And even if you are missing one or two items, I’ve got you covered with links to anything you might need to add to your neutral summer colour palette. Not everyone knows how to minimally create stylish outfits in the summer, especially with dresses. But by the end of this post, you will.

Keep reading to find out how to style neutral summer dresses to look hot whilst keeping cool this season.

How To Style Neutral Summer Dresses:

1. WEAR A SHIRT OVER YOUR DRESS!

White shirts are you best friend, and I mean it! Just simply throwing a relaxed, slightly oversized cotton or linen shirt over your plain neutral summer dresses will add dimension to your outfits and make them look more fun and effortless. Pastels and neutral tones go hand in hand to create a gorgeous neutral summer aesthetic.

How to wear it? Easy! Once you put the shirt over your dress leave it as it is – unbuttoned for a casual ‘too cool for school’ vibe, or tie it at the front for a completely new look! Then style it with neutral coloured sneakers (I love these cotton canvas ones from Everlane as they go well with literally everything!) or grab your good old Vans. Then put some cool vintage rounded Ray Bans, and finish the ensemble with a chic claw hair clip for a 90s inspired look.

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2. ACCESSORIES MATTER!

I said it before, and I’ll say it again. Accessories do matter. They can really elevate your simple neutral summer outfits. Accessorizing is a skill, and like any skill it can be practised and mastered. Some people say it’s not just what you wear, but how you wear it. I say it’s not just how you wear it, but what you wear it with! The most simple outfits can be spiced up amazingly with the right accessories. Sunglasses, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, they all have the power to make your outfit pop. Soon you’ll be an accessor-master, and you’ll know exactly what to pair with what to get the look you want.

The formula is easy. If the whole ensemble is plain and classy, just add a statement piece like a fun pair of sunglasses to completely transform your entire look. (I’m obsessed with these Saint Laurent Cat Eye frames, they will be such a perfect addition to my neutral summer capsule wardrobe!)

Finish off the look with some beautiful earrings to draw attention to your face and give it that stand out touch.

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3. A POP OF COLOUR

What’s great about neutral clothing is that everything always matches. You don’t need to spend loads of time picking an outfit in the morning, and you can wear the same items over and over again, styled in different combinations, without people ever noticing. The downside of having a neutral coloured closet is that sometimes things can get a bit plain and boring. But hey that’s easily fixable!

Just add a pop of colour to your neutral summer outfit to spruce it up. Blazers look really cool over slip dresses and I feel we’ll be seeing a lot of this sage green this summer. If you’re not a dress + blazer kind of person, don’t worry. Simply painting your nails in a cute, contrasting tone will do the job too.

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4. BASKET BAGS

Another way to elevate your neutral summer outfits with dresses is to bring a trendy item in the mix. It doesn’t have to be something crazy. A basket bag will totally do. Just imagine sitting at a bar in Santorini with your net bag, sipping your mojito and mingling with the locals who can’t help but compliment your fabulous neutral style that mixes classy with just the right amount of casual.

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5. ADD A DENIM JACKET

For the cooler summer days or evenings, pair your neutral summer dresses with your favourite denim jackets. They give you that little bit extra warmth that’s much needed as the sun sets. Not only that though. It also adds to the style of the outfit but adding an extra layer. While the dress shows off your cute and innocent side, a jean jacket shows that there’s more to you that meets the eye. With this pair you’ll give off a Cool Girl vibe that comes naturally. Like “Yeah, she’s hot.”, and you just shrug it off like “Thanks, whatever”.

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How To Style Neutral Summer Dresses To Look Hot Whilst Keeping Cool This Season