White midi dresses

Okay, the white midi dress might be the most useful thing you can buy this year. Think of it as a blank canvas: fresh, clean and endlessly restyleable, so one dress genuinely becomes a hundred outfits. Dress it down with a denim jacket and trainers, or dress it up with a heel and a bold lip, and it looks like two completely different dresses. And unlike a lot of white, the midi isn't just a summer thing, it works all year. Sizes 4 to 20, free UK delivery over £135.

One dress, a hundred looks

Here's the fun of white: it goes with absolutely everything, so you get to play. Keep it easy and casual for a summer city break or a gallery-and-lunch kind of day, then flip it for evening, a strappy heel, some gold, and suddenly it's ready for a cocktail, a rooftop dinner or a birthday party. Same dress, totally different energy. For a proper night out, our going-out edit has the dressier white styles. The only rule we'd give you: white is for your own occasions, so save it for you, not someone else's wedding.

Not just for summer

This is where white earns its keep all year. In summer, a lace, cotton, linen or floral white midi feels fresh and easy; a halter or strapless shows a little skin, and a corset adds shape for a party. When it cools down, a knit white midi is quietly genius, cosy but still crisp, and a long-sleeve or satin style carries you through the dressier winter stuff. Want contrast? A black and white midi is sharp and graphic, while blue and white feels fresh and a bit nautical. 

More white to play with

Our white dresses edit has every style in one place, midi dresses brings this length to other colours, and since white is basically a neutral, it slots into everything you own. For dressier moments there's formal dresses, and maxi dresses has the longer version.