Our We Try Before You Buy series aims to take the stress out of shopping and eliminate the number of post office visits you make each month to return failed online orders. We test new-season buys and styling ideas so you don't have to. Here, we're letting you know what is actually worth investing in.
For this month's We Try Before You Buy, I asked the team to send me links to the summer dresses they'd like to try on the most out of everything available on the internet. I gave no guidance, other than it had to be a dress that you'd wear in June.
The links I received back couldn't really have been more varied, from the styles to the lengths to the prices. Some of us used this as an excuse to try on special pieces from designers like Zimmermann, Lee Matthews and Dodo Bar Or. But below is also a showcase of the best of the British high street, with a beautiful red tea dress from Marks & Spencer, a Topshop zebra-print dress and a blue checked New Look dress that no one will believe you found at New Look.
There are some recurring themes, however, as puff sleeves, shirred waistbands, red floral prints and tiered skirts appear again and again. This We Try Before You Buy series always has the same conclusion—it makes the team want to purchase things ourselves before even hitting publish, and this time, it's a Sister Jane pink maxi dress, a Rhode belted minidress and a Warehouse fruit-bowl dress that might be re-entering into the Who What Wear office after payday.
Keep scrolling to see and shop the 16 summer dresses our team couldn't wait to try on this month.