Blue maxi dresses

A blue maxi dress is an easy, elegant win that works harder than you would expect. The colour suits everyone, the length brings the drama, and it covers everything from a beach holiday to a black-tie function without breaking a sweat. Blue has serious range too, from the softest baby and sky blue right up to navy, cobalt and royal. Our blue maxi dress edit has the lot, in floaty floral prints, fluid satin and breezy linen, in sizes 4 to 20. Free UK delivery over £135, so it can be yours by the weekend.

Built for weddings, weekends away, and big nights

This is where a blue maxi really comes into its own. For a wedding, blue is honestly one of the safest, prettiest guest colours going. A soft summer wedding shade like sky or baby blue is perfect for a daytime or garden ceremony, while navy or cobalt in satin handles a formal evening do. Add heels and a little gold jewellery and you are good to go (just keep very pale blues away from anything that could photograph white).

For a holiday, a blue maxi is a packing dream. A blue and white or floral print gives you that easy Mediterranean-summer feeling, and it folds down to nothing in a suitcase, so it earns its place in any holiday wardrobe. Throw it on over a swimsuit by day, then dress it up for dinner with sandals and sunnies. And for a big night out or an event, the maxi length does all the heavy lifting. A strapless style feels a bit special, navy reads sleek and grown-up, and a brighter blue turns heads on its own. However you wear it, a blue maxi makes you feel put-together the second it is on.

Soft blues travel, deep blues dress up

The shade you pick sets the whole mood. The soft end, baby, sky and pale blue, feels fresh and holiday-ready, especially in a floaty print or a blue and white combo. Those are your daytime, sunshine, out-of-office blues. Then there is the deep end. Navy is the closest blue gets to a neutral and the easiest to dress up, royal blue is rich and classic, and cobalt is the bold one that does the most, in the best way. Those are your evening and formal blues. Fabric matters too: satin feels luxe and catches the light for an event, linen keeps a pale blue easy for summer, and a long sleeve or with-sleeves style carries the colour into cooler months. 

More in the family

After more blue? Blue midi dresses and blue mini dresses take the hem up, blue dresses has every shade in one spot, and for the same floor-length drama in other colours, maxi dresses is the one.