Yellow mini dresses

A yellow mini dress is about as close as fashion gets to bottled sunshine. It's cheerful, warm and impossible to be in a bad mood in, which makes it a summer staple and a holiday favourite. The short length keeps it light and easy, while the shade brings all the joy, soft and pretty in butter and pastel, or bright and punchy for when you want to be seen. Whether it's a beach day or a party in the sun, there's a yellow mini for it, in linen, satin, lace and more. Sizes 4 to 20, free UK delivery over £135.

Wearable sunshine

Yellow has a way of lifting everything around it, your mood and everyone else's included. That makes a yellow mini the natural pick for the sunny stuff: a summer holiday, a festival, a beach club, a birthday in the garden or a rooftop afternoon. The colour looks brilliant against a tan and a blue sky, so it's a summer favourite for good reason. Keep it breezy: flat sandals or a woven wedge do the job, with a straw bag and a little gold jewellery. Throw an oversized white shirt over the top for when the sun dips. Yellow and white is the freshest combo, though a cobalt-blue pop is a fun one too.

Butter, baby, or bright?

The shade sets the energy. Butter, baby, pale and light yellow are soft and sweet, easy to wear and lovely by day; bright and true yellow are bold and high-summer, the ones that really pop. On shape, a strapless or halter neckline is made for warm weather, a slip or flowy cut keeps it floaty, and a long sleeve or high-neck style covers cooler days. To dress it up, a silky or sequin yellow mini takes it from the beach to a summer party. 

Soak up more yellow

For more, our yellow dresses edit has every shade, mini dresses brings the short length to other colours, and yellow midi dresses and yellow maxi dresses cover the longer options. For more warm-weather ideas, the summer edit is full of holiday-ready pieces, and floral dresses bring the print if you want it.