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Pair with your favorite heels or flats for a chic, effortless look

Dress: Charlotte Russe, $20 Necklace: My Stella & Dot Shoes: Betsey Johnson c/o Ross, $32 (same) Earrings: My Stella & Dot Dress: Charlotte Russe, $20 Necklace: My Stella & Dot Shoes: Nine West c/o Amazon, $66 Earrings:Kendra Scott c/o NM, $55 (same)

Below, find the five best summer work dresses we've found, most of which would also look excellent with espadrilles on holiday.

Keep things cool with a casual flip-flop heel and a dainty necklace

"[For this look], we chose to work with her natural curls because they were amazing," says hairstylist Erin Infantino