12 Multitasking Summer Dresses for On Duty and Off

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• Gap Printed Roll-Sleeve Shirt Dress, $59.95
• Merona Women's Shirttail Hem Colorblock Dress in Fuschia Red, $24.99
• Pixie Market Le Tigre Dress, $75
• Equipment Sleeveless Lucida Dress in Neon Kitten Leopard Print, $268
• J.Crew Rugby Stripe Dress in Navy, $69.99 (on sale from $88)
• Old Navy Women's Floral Crepe Tank Dress in Cool Floral, $27 (on sale from $29.94)
• Mod Cloth New To The Office Dress, $54.99
• Mango Mao Collar Dress in Coral, $39.99 (on sale from $59.99)
• Alice + Olivia Kennedy Center Panel Dress, $330
• Loft Cowl Neck Short Sleeve Dress, $34.75 (on sale from $69.50)
• Free People Love From London Dre
• Forever 21 Tribal Print Sleeveless Dress in Cream/Rust, $24.80
• 10 Crosby Derek Lam Stripe Interlock Jersey Dress, $395

It can often feel like Goldilocks-syndrome has hit when searching for a multitasking dress: We want a frock that's appropriate at the office, weekends, and after-hours that's not too short, but not too long. Not too fitted, but not too loose. Not too trendy, but definitely not too boring. Consider your quest over. We've rounded up 12 options that are diverse in design but easy to style in multiple ways. From J.Crew's classic striped t-shirt dress to Mango's breezy coral number, each can be thrown over a bathing suit or cinched at the waist or paired with Converse and a baseball cap, et cetera et cetera. Take a look above. —Cleo Zancope
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