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Floral Ottoman Crini Dress from Miss Selfridge

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The most simplistic and effective ways to achieve a summery retro style are classic dresses, from forties tea to sixties shift. Favouring a fifties look, this summer has featured plenty of floral swing-style dresses on the high street.

This Floral Ottoman Crini Dress from Miss Selfridge has a chic and classic retro shape, from the high neckline and sleeveless cut to a full circle skirt and high waistline. The floral print combines classic inspiration with a more modern design influence, thanks to a bright and bold colour palette.

It's available online from Miss Selfridge for £45.

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Covergirl Swing Dress by Stop Staring!

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Swing dresses are some of the most desirable and instantly recognisable retro fifties frocks you can get. While there may be many fifties inspired designs on the high street, there's nothing that can compete with great reproduction designs like this Covergirl Swing Dress by Stop Staring!

With a classic swing silhouette, featuring a halter neck and circle skirt to the knee, there's no denying the fifties appeal of this piece. The real stand-out feature of this design is the bustline, featuring a sweetheart cut and a contrasting panel under the pleated fabric. Finished in a striking white and red polka dot, this dress doesn't put a foot wrong.

Get it from the Stop Staring! online store for $154.

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Mesh Prom Dress by Glamorous

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Babydoll and prom style dresses are two of the many mid-20th centuries shapes that currently undergoes reinvention from decade to decade. Arguably the most arresting reinvention of this style was done in the eighties, as echoed in this Mesh Prom Dress by Glamorous.

Providing a distinctly eighties take on the shape is the choice of fabric and texture, creating a spunky edge to a very girly style – an interplay that characterised much eighties mainstream fashion. The peach tone and empire line echo the classic fifties vibe of the prom dress, while the extreme hemline gives a decidedly modern edge. Perfect for capturing the ethos of eighties street fashion.

Get it online from Oli for £38.

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Evelyn Maxi Dress from Missguided

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Maxi dresses are that one item you just can't avoid on the Great British high street this summer, with designs featuring influence from a wide range of fashion styles. There's a handful of very vintage inspired items hidden among the rest, like this Evelyn Maxi Dress from Missguided.

Taking cues from a seventies folk-style chic, the light and floaty fabric works in tandem with hippy influences like embroidery on the bodice. The feather-tie at the waist incorporates some late sixties influence, capitalising on the original incarnations of festival fashion.

It's available online from Missguided now for £31.99.

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Conversation Dress by Miss Selfridge

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Tea dresses in a classic forties and fifties style are becoming increasingly common on the high street at the moment, allowing designers to push the style further than block colours and understated prints. While that approach can be hit and miss for retro lovers, this Conversation Dress by Miss Selfridge gets it spot on.

The structure is chic and timeless, with a sailor-style collar adding some fifties appeal to a late-forties dress shape. With a delicate butterfly print throughout, monochrome colouring is softened and feminine thanks to the use of cream instead of bright white.

It's available now from Miss Selfridge for £39.

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Off Shoulder Knit Dress by Christian Dior

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The big brands love to jump the gun on seasons, but every so often there's a piece that bears buying well in advance. This Off Shoulder Knit Dress by Christian Dior might not get a run out until the Autumn, but with looks like these it's certainly worth talking about.

Channelling a classic Dior look from the late fifties and early sixties, the dress has all the femininity and sharp sex appeal of early Dior designs. The off shoulder neckline shows just enough flesh to counterbalance the formality of the pencil skirt and professional bodice design. With a high, defined waist it creates those killer vintage curves you can't deny.

Get it online from Browns now for £900.

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