Floral dresses have been in fashion since, well, their inception! In fact, in an industry as volatile as the fashion industry, floral dresses have managed to stand their ground. This leads to the question: What is it about floral dresses?

Summer,Spring, Autumn and Winter - those are all the seasons, right? Besides this fact, the only resemblance they bear is that every season bears flowers. This statement isn’t a vague metaphor to answer the longevity of floral dresses. It simply implies that flowers, in themselves, have never been on hold just for one season.

When it comes to floral maxi dress or floral midi dresses, there are a multitude of styles that can be incorporated. From wearing a midi dress to lunch, or a maxi dress to an evening ball - here are 10 amazing ways to style your floral dresses:

1. Don’t Shy Away From Accessories:
   Understand that your dress is composed of two elements: the base color and the floral print. If you wish to highlight the print, go with accessories that match the base colour. In effect, this would almost ‘tone down’ your outfit besides the floral print itself. On the offside that you want to find a balance between the print and the dress. Then go with accessories that lean more towards the colour of the print.

2. Play With Colors:
   Floral dresses have seemingly always been associated with light or bright colors. The very fact that there is an association of sorts with fashion, is where we’re wrong. Just because people have always been known to wear brighter colors, doesn’t mean that they’re the sole kind of dresses. Wearing a floral dress in more muted colors, or darker colors can and have worked.
   What matters here is the occasion. If you’re going to a more high-profile event, it would make sense that brighter colors wouldn’t really be the theme. Floral prints have been known to stand out in a multitude of styles and colors. What matters is simply the occasion and the fact that you’re comfortable in what you wear.

3. Combining Textures:
   Ah, yes. Perhaps something that most women often tend to shudder from is matching two separate elements. In hindsight, this might seem like a safe bet. However, safe bets aren’t really known to stand out. You need to remember here that your dress is supposed to highlight you, not hide you away. In which case, risks are worth it.
   When it comes to textures, floral dresses have the capacity of being used with multiple textures — a soft, fluffy sweater over a floral dress or, maybe a leather jacket. The fact of the matter is that combining textures with floral dresses can’t go wrong.

4. Mixing Patterns:
   The dreaded: no stripes with polka dots debate has been going on for centuries now. The debate might hold testament to the fact that you shouldn’t be playing with different prints and patterns. However, as mentioned above, it’s only tacky if it isn’t done right. It goes without saying that a floral print isn’t necessarily a pattern. It’s quite simply a print. In which case, matching it with either stripes or polka dots (or anything, for that matter) knows no fail.

5. Hats Are Always A Plus:
   If you were to picture a woman wearing a floral dress with a hat, what would you imagine? Odds are your mind would probably wander towards the image of a woman on the brink of the loading dock. That is, one way of looking at it. However, instead of viewing that look in such melancholy, there is a way to make this look more upbeat.
   Wearing sun hats with floral dresses has always been a classic example of just how one should style their dresses. Hats make or break a look. In this case, they make it.

6. Focus on the sleeves:
   People have often focused on the actual body of the dress and have left the sleeves largely ignored. The very fact that the body makes up for the major portion of the dress doesn’t stand ground for anything. It simply stands ground for the fact that it makes up a major portion! In my opinion, the body of the dress can often vary in only a few ways. What would really differentiate your dress from anyone else is the way your sleeves are styled.

7. Choose Your Battles With Contrast:
   If you wear a dress with prints that are confined, your contrast would be much more striking. On the other hand, if the print is much more scattered, your contrast would be muted. This is a helpful tip when you have two types of floral dresses and are confused over which to prioritize. Contrasting colors make your dress look more attractive and you can choose your colors if you know a designer who can make it up for you.

8. Layering Your Dress:
   Dresses come in a number of styles. Some might be more form-fitting, and some might be more loose. Again, if you were to walk into a store right now and look for a floral dress, you’d find both styles. When it comes to layering your dress, a helpful tip is to layer it according to the occasion. Your dress is the standout and should remain that way. However, there is no harm in adding a bunch of layers here and there.

9. Using More Prints:
   It’s already been highlighted that a floral dress is a combination of two elements: base colors and floral prints. These two elements exist as a contrast with one another. However, this contrast can be elevated or toned down depending on the density of the print. The base color will be there no matter what. Hence, the difference lies in the type of print.

10. Know When To Stop:
    The whole point of having an accessory is to elevate the dress, rather than take away attention from it. Women are sometimes wary of adding on statement pieces with their dress out of fear that it’ll look tacky. Tacky isn’t associated with a particular way or style, it’s associated with not doing it right. Let’s face it, so many women on the runway are making heads turn with their incorporation of something ‘tacky.’
    Conclusion:
    And there you have it, a multitude of styles and ways in which you can style floral dresses. Be it with an accessory or with texture, floral prints have and will live on. Floral prints will be in style from times today to times decades later.