Do you have a wedding almost every weekend this summer? Yeah, us too. And while we love celebrating soulmates, clinking glasses in champagne toasts and eating second helpings of cake, we can’t help but get a little queasy when we think about the cost of it all. Between hotels, transportation and all the gifts, there’s little funds left for looking good. When the black silk maxi (documented via Facebook at your past five weddings) just won’t cut it, it’s time to buy a new dress.
Here are five we love . . . all for under $175.
City Wedding
Mango for the win. This column dress ($150) is so effortlessly chic, and the shapelessness of it really allows for excess cake and wine. We’d wear it with the ubiquitous ankle strap sandal and a low bun.
Beach Wedding
Channel Polynesia and be comfortable while doing it. Tunic-y and toga-y, this dress ($158) will keep you comfy and breezy. Bonus points if you pair it with DGAF ugly sandals.
Vineyard Wedding
Return to nature with this '90s-inspired rose-print maxi dress (29.50). It’s business in the front (with a high neck and tiny sliver of skin) and party in the back (with an adjustable lace-up corset back). Did we mention it’s under $30?
Country Club Wedding
Oh, you're fancy, huh? At the risk of offending Muffy and Bridget, better keep your look conservative with a '50s silhouette, midi hemline, jacquard fabric and happy yellow palette. We think you’re good with this one ($162).
Ranch Wedding
Sure, it’s cliché, but Anne Taylor’s gingham A-line dress ($109) is perfect for a farm or ranch wedding. May we recommend teaming it with a pair of wedge espadrilles? They’ll save you from sinking in the mud.
Lead image: Mango
