15 Beautiful Casual Dresses and the Best Shoes to Wear With Them

Since I'm a fashion editor, I am always planning ahead. Summer may be far away, but I want us to walk into June well prepared, so listen up. Class is in session, and I'm ready to teach you the best shoes to wear with dresses if you have a vacation coming up or are lucky enough to live in a warm climate. I am known to slowly build my next-season wardrobe using the storage boxes underneath my bed and suggest everyone else does too. This is the best way to guarantee you'll walk into summer fashion with an A+.
I don't consider myself a big dress wearer, but every time I start planning my warm-weather wardrobe, I suddenly become someone who wears dresses (at least a few times a month, that is). But since summer-dress outfits are so very simple, the key to a great summer-dress outfit is the shoes you wear with it. That's where I come in.
While you could just grab your casual dress of choice and throw on the first pair of summer shoes you see, there are many different types of summer shoes and many different types of casual summer dresses to wear with them, so I'm here to provide a little guidance in case you happen to love any of the 15 beautiful dresses featured below. Keep scrolling to shop the combinations you're sure to love as much as I do.
The Dress: Baby-Doll
The Shoes: The Classic Ankle-Wrap
The Dress: Backless Midi
The Shoes: Block-Heel Wrap Sandals
The Dress: Loungeworthy Maxi
The Shoes: Textured Heels
The Dress: Puff-Sleeve Midi
The Shoes: Leather-Strapped Sandals
The Dress: Floral-Print Bustier
The Shoes: Toe-Ring Heels
The Dress: Ribbed Tank
The Shoes: White Sneakers
The Dress: Colorful Slip
The Shoes: White Mules
The Dress: Shirtdress
The Shoes: Birkenstocks
The Dress: Milkmaid Mini
The Shoes: Platform Flip-Flops
The Dress: Animal-Print Maxi
The Shoes: Square-Toe Heels
The Dress: Denim Mini
The Shoes: Knee-High Boots
The Dress: Sleek Midi
The Shoes: Textured Mules
The Dress: Tiered Mini
The Shoes: The New Espadrilles
The Dress: Knit Maxi
The Shoes: Block-Heel Sandals
The Dress: Utility Chic
The Shoes: Flat Lace-Up Sandals
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This post was published at an earlier date and has since been updated.

Allyson is a senior editor forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing . Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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