Teen Summer Dresses

It's midsummer, it’s hot outside and your teenage daughter is not too happy with the fact that she has to wear a boring tee and her miserably monotonous pair of jeans. She’d rather be wearing a summer dress. Now, what’s a summer dress and is there even such a thing as a summer dress? Well, there sure is. A summer dress basically is a ‘sundress’. It’s a dress that is supposed to be worn during the summer and comes in various shapes, sizes and styles. However, the fabric used to ‘put together’ a summer dress is almost always lightweight, cotton making for the ideal fabric. Summer dresses are also conventionally worn short or only to the knees. However, there really is no hard and fast rule that demands that all summer dresses have to be worn short. It’s really more about comfort and going with the season. Fashion in fact is all about the change of seasons. Read on to gain a privileged access to fashionable ideas on summer dress for teens.

Summer Dress Ideas For Teens
Before beginning to throw light on the kinds of dresses a teen can wear during summer, it is important to mention here that most of the dresses are for girls. It’s called a dress for a reason after all. However, if your boy is feeling a little too effeminate, you can always feel free to dress him up in the following dresses!

The Shift Dress
The shift dress is an outfit that resembles a frock but does not flow as much. To help you place the dress in your mental landscape, here’s a pointer. It’s the dress that in a way resembles the outfits of the women who belonged to the ‘Love Generation’ of the sixties and seventies. The shift dress is a short dress that can come with flowers on it or without. It’s a dress, the flow of which typically stops right above the knees. The dress usually comes in colorful variants and is one of those outfits that come extremely close to representing summer. Shift dresses are also generally worn loose.

The Tube Dress
If the shift dress is about comfort and a loose fitting, the tube dress is about comfort and a fitting that’s a lot tighter than that of the shift dress. A tube dress is commonly seen on women who raise the temperatures in music videos they decide to make their presence felt in. Getting into specifications, it’s a figure hugging dress that can be worn to the knees or slightly above the knees. It’s a dress that comes with no hassles and is loved by young girls and young women alike. What’s more, it also just happens to be an extremely effective weapon against the heat of the summer.

The Shirt Dress
The shirt dress, as obvious as the name makes it, is a dress that draws buckets of inspiration from a man’s shirt. A shirt dress looks like a shirt, but in all reality is not. It’s a dress that is slightly longer than a shirt and comes with a dressier feel to it. Some shirt dresses also come with a dressy belt. The shirt dress is perfect for a summer morning romp in a park, but along with a pair of leggings can also be worn for an evening out. Yes, a shirt dress is really that versatile!

The Strapless Summer Dress
The strapless summer dress is a dress, you guessed it right, that comes without straps. It’s a dress that can come with frills or without. For an out-of-this-world look, it is best to opt for the strapless summer dress variants that are blessed with color and bold prints. Like most of its other counterparts, the strapless summer dress too can be worn extended to the knees or slightly below the knees. To add spice to that evening out, teenage girls can always wear accessories to complement the strapless summer dress.