Skip Jeans! Wear These 16 dresses In Summer

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 16:11 [IST]

Summer is a time when you can be very experimental with fashion. Besides being fashionable, you also want to keep yourself cool and comfortable. And comfortable clothes for summer do not include jeans. We know that denims are patent wear for most people these days. Slipping into your jeans is the easiest thing to do. However, you can survive the summer even if you do not wear jeans. Some cool clothing options can help you to not wear jeans in summer.

Ideally, you should not wear jeans in summer because it sticks to you and can make you sweat. Jeans is a thick kind of clothing and you should never wear it when the weather is already so hot and humid. But we think that we cannot survive if we do not wear jeans. We wear denims more out of habit and the ease that comes with it. It's not so much for the lack of clothing options that people choose jeans.

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Do not think that you have to start showing too much skin just because you are not wearing jeans. Shorts and mini skirt are not the only comfortable clothes for summer. You can easily prevent showing your legs if you wear the right kind of clothes for summer. There are many options of Indian clothes for summer as well in our list.

Here is how you can choose to not wear jeans in this maddening heat:

Floral Dresses

The most obvious choice of summer fashion is floral cotton dresses. No matter how many times you repeat these puffed sleeved cotton dresses, it never goes out of fashion.

Cotton Anarkali

The summer makes even celebrities quit jeans. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan can be your style buddy and wear this cotton Anarkali suit that is mint green in colour. The simplicity of the suit makes it perfect for summer.

In Shorts

Shorts, especially cotton shorts, look great and feel very comfortable during summer. And if you make Taylor Swift your style buddy, you can wear contoured shorts like these.

Sharara

This is a new ensemble where in you wear a long cotton kurta with a lehenga skirt. Kangana Ranaut looks stunning in this tulle lehenga and sleeveless cotton kurta.

Printed Cotton Trousers

These cool and casual cotton pants are the best way to replace jeans in summer. These cropped and printed pants look pretty in summer with short kurtis.

Cotton Midi Skirt

This kind of skirts is now being called the ‘milkmaid' skirt. In the 70s, these skirts were called the midis. If you do not want to show off your legs, you can chose midi skirts like these.

Indian Silhouettes

This kind of cotton outfits are the new and emerging Indian silhouettes. This outfit has a long and pleated cotton skirt with a vest that is adorned with mirror work. The dress is summery and sleeveless making it perfect for summer.

High Waist Pencil Skirt

A pencil skirt usually skirts to your legs and is short. But this pencil skirt is long and made of cotton fabrics, so you can wear it even in summer.

Khadi Suits

Hand spun clothing helps you keep cool in summer. Khadi was once a national movement, now it is a national style statement. This is the election time, so experiment with khadi suits like this one.

Wrap Dress

Wraps are always ideal for summer. You can actually enjoy the sun if you have a lovely and simple wrap dress like Kate Middleton's DvF number.

Shift Dress

A shift dress is usually worn with a slim belt and comes well below the waist. Try a floral shift dress like the one that both Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor have worn.

Long Skirts

The plain and simple long skirt in a single neutral colour like black is the ideal replacement for jeans. You can try wearing long skirts with crop tops like this one.

Wrap Around Skirt

Wrap around skirts look best when they are full length ones. Sabyasachi Mukherjee has given us a lot of such cool skirt designs last summer.

Maxi Skirt

These colourful maxi skirts became a fashion rage last season. And even this summer maxi gowns and skirt are very popular.

Mesh Roamer Dress

The Duchess of Cambridge is battling the Australian summer with this mesh dress called the ‘roamer'. These light cotton dresses are great for day wear.