With the long weekend nearly upon us, there’s never been a better excuse to get dressed up. With mixed weather reports we’re not quite sure if we’re facing into the great weather we’d hoped for but that won’t stop us from throwing on a nice dress (preferably one that co-ordinates with the vase of tulips on the table). We’ve rounded up an edit of carefree dresses that say ‘out of office’ below …

Main image: Instagram @livpurvis. 

Linen midi-dress, €310; www.thereformation.com. 

Robyn dress in Scarlet Posy, Pink City Prints, €229 at Emporium Kalu. 

Poplin cut-out dress, €49.95 at Zara. 

Laure Whitmore floral belted skater dress, €74.40; www.oasisfashion.com. 

Tinzia floral multi-colour dress, Veronica Beard, €559 at Seagreen. 

Navy cotton Tammy square neck midi dress, Kitri, €180 at Arnotts.

Floral cotton tie-waist midi dress, €115 at Cos.

Orange crinkled chiffon midi dress, €59.99 at H&M.

Ecru embroidered organic cotton dress, €165; www.sezane.com.

Sand linen midi dress, €89.95 at Massimo Dutti.