If you’re attending a Spring or Summer wedding, daytime or night, a bright and cheerful dress with a hem that hits mid to lower thigh -or longer, like tea length, a midi or maxi length, is a good place to start. Unless the wedding has a specific dress code, a color or theme, and/or is black tie, any of these dresses would do just fine. If it’s an evening wedding or in early Spring, you’ll need a light cardigan, wrap, or even pashmina to keep the chill away.
* All dresses found at nordstrom.com dress shop
Unless you have a favorite boutique, a large department store like Nordstrom is going to offer the most bang for your buck. They’ll have dresses under $100 and up to $500 to fit any budget, with a variety of choices to fit your style.
Another tip: Opt for brighter colors for day and darker colors for night. Evening affairs are always a little bit more dramatic, so you can dress the part!
Underfunded Heiress
Great pics! The first one is my fav. Ooh, I would love to see your picks for wedding dresses! I am looking for something simple, sexy and classy. I am not too into weddings and I Loved your story about your vegas elopement. I think we may elope 🙂 Hopefully in the Greek Isles!
Bambola
GORGEOUS! I love the teal & the salmon/watermelon ones, the colour & the style are just stunning.
freeTEYme
i love everything you picked specially #3, #4 and #5 (totally #5). Happy Friday Maegan!
Carla
I never know what to wear to a wedding. Such a weird concept of dressing up during the day. These are pretty. Carla
Elizabeth Marie
Ohhh I love that little green number! xo
Belinda
Very nice dresses. The third one is especially nice. Check out the brides and bridesmaids dresses at http://www.WeddingDressMarket.com
There are even wedding dresses to rent.
Katy
Those are beautiful. I actually have the dilhema of finding a dress to wear to an evening wedding, my problem, a post partum body!
xo
Katy
Jasmine
i wish i had a wedding to go to! i’m kind of in love with the sleeves on that first dress.
Carlotta
it’s hard to choose, so many gorgeous dresses!!
my fav. are bright colored ones, the bright green is adorable 🙂
diamondsinchampagne
1,4, and 8 get my votes. Gorgeous choices
Brunch at Saks
Love the dresses! So hard to choose! I love 4 🙂
Jules
Love the dresses! #s 12, 14, 15 are my favorites!
Penny
LOL,I was just going to send Namine a link to this post!And then I read that she was your inspiration.I thought it was a bit of a big coincidence.
Sue Jacquette
I just love summer dresses. Totally got me in the mood! It’s supposed to be in the upper 80s this weekend, so I’m going to break out the dresses!
Teresa
These are all perfect. The first and the last are particularly fabulous.
Namine
Thanks for finding these!! I see to never find anything at nordstorm and then you post it and I see a few I like!! Thanks!
Erin
I love them all but I love the bright green one the BEST!
Morgan
GREAT collection. Love them all!
brooke
i am completely in love with almost all of these dresses…but that second one…i may just have to invest…i don’t have a wedding to go to until september…but i may just have to bradshaw it up in this small town i live in and wear it just to go the grocery!
healthy ashley
Oh I love them all!!
Lissa
Well you’ve certainly given us a lot of choices for a wedding. I’ll choose the pink bubble dress with the bling! Thanks for doing all the work for us!
-city-love-
i love # 3,4, and 8! i have a wedding to go to, but its not until november 🙁
Megan
My favorite is the 3rd one.. so pretty!
The Beauty File
I love wearing dark colors even though summer weddings call for the opposite so I love the navy/black stripey one & the dark lacy one!!
Happy Weekend!
[Tara]
That silvery, layered number is incredible!
scarlethue
some really great choices there. I love the pink satin one with the sort of sari wrap waist. Chic but comfortable, it’s the only way to go.
Pretty Little World
I’m completely smitten with that first dress — I would buy that one without any event to go to!
Gorgeous picks!
Jayci
I love 2, 8, 10, & 13. I don’t have any wedding to attend to in the near future, so I may just have to come up with a different excuse to make a few purchases!
Snarky A.
Fabulous dress selection!
Happy weekend!
The Rest is Still Unwritten
That’s a lot of options! That makes it harder to decide!
Pop Champagne
Oooh I really like the 3rd dress!
Tara Gibson
love them! The navy blue dress has such an adorable silouhette!
Mrs. Priss
ooh lordy, that green Nanette Lepore dress… AMAZING.
Kellie
Ahhh too many great choices!
Top 3:
Silver ruffles (4th one I think)
Long orange
Flowered w/ silky blue bow belt
Gorgeous!
Savvy Mode SG
i’d be happy to take any of those dresses.
Julia
My favorite: the sea foam frock! Ah yes, that would be perfect!
yours truly dear
ooh, i lovve the navy one with black stripes. fabulous!
Jules
amazing choices – i love them all!
drollgirl
oh some of these are so rad!!!!!!!!! grey, navy — dying over these!!!!
erin@designcrisis
I vote for the orange maxi dress, or the short geometric dress below it.
Awesome picks!
PS~Erin
Oh wow. Such great choices! My faves are the long orange one (love it!), the shimmery gold one, and the zigzag patterned number.
paper-doll
the navy blue & black spaghetti strap dress is my favorite!!! i can imagine the perfect accessories to accompany it too.
Chrystina
Basically Im totally in love with the first dress and then a few down from that, the dark navy blue solid colord dress… so beautiful. I think I need to go search for them right now!! Haha.
I have a lot of weddings to go to this summer so Im loving this post!!!
Hanako66
These are all lovely…I can totally picture you in the orange and white maxi!! I’m off to find that pretty blue number……
clorivak
OMG…I want to cry…I want well over half of those dresses like really BADLY.
aGm
These are awesome! I need a dress to wear for a wedding in late October, any ideas??
Chris
Oooh, some very pretty selections! I like the shapes of the dresses too 🙂
alissa
love the first one and the navy/black stripe! very cute – great post!
Kelli
Great choices and I couldn’t agree more with you about Nordstrom. They always have something fabulous!
I love browsing the site just for inspiration… and I guess a bit of lusting. 🙂
hautepocket
ohmygoddresses!
I love what you’ve done with your site. I’ve been gone for awhile but I’m BACK now!
Emma
maegan…your blog just makes me want to SHOP!
Love this guilty pleasure.
Miss Eve
It’s hard to pick, I love them all. Great selection!
Lyndsy
Love that first blue dress A LOT!!! Color is perfect and the white belt a total dream!
Heidi Renée
Oh my goodness, I was just clicking around when I saw this post. I love… LOVE! the black lace Nicole Miller dress. I know it would look awful on me… perhaps I’ll go shopping this weekend and prove myself correct.
Anyway, I know this is an old post and leaving my very first comment here might be bad blog etiquette, but I can’t help it. That dress is too good. I just moved to California, so I’ve been looking for some California bloggers to add to my list. I’m so glad I found you!