23 Colourful, Mood-Boosting Summer Pieces From Canadian Brands

Take a walk on the bright side with vibrant hues, feel-good prints and easy-breezy silhouettes that steal the show.

Updated June 7, 2023

An orange square-toed kitten heel mule from Aldo for a feature on dopamine dressing

Move over, neutrals! Now that the sun is shining, vibrant colours are back in the spotlight. Pinterest named dopamine dressing—dressing yourself happy with mood-boosting colours and feel-good prints—one of their trends to watch out for in 2022. Take a walk on the bright side with a crop of all-Canadian picks that are guaranteed to steal the show.

Lambert

Vegan leather 3-in-1 bag, $140, designlambert.com

Aldo

Heeled sandals, $90, aldoshoes.com

Batik Boutik

Printed midi dress, $215, batikboutik.com

Frank & Oak

Flutter-sleeve blouse, $80, frankandoak.com

Beth Richards x Roopa

Tie-waist one-piece swimsuit, $280, bethrichards.ca

A floral and leopard print swimsuit from Beth Richards for a feature on dopamine dressing

Dagg & Stacey

Reversible neckline dress, $195, daggandstacey.com

Dconstruct

Recycled resin earrings, $70, dconstruct.ca

Joe Fresh

Raincoat, $69, joefresh.com

Oge Ajibe

Dress, $248, ogeajibe.com

23 Colourful, Mood-Boosting Summer Pieces From Canadian Brands

Noize

Cutout one-piece swimsuit, $95, noize.com

Call It Spring

Sneakers, $50, callitspring.com

Truand Truand

Oversized blazer, $350, ankle-length pants, $230, truandtruand.co

A model wearing a matching pastel pink blazer and trousers for a feature on dopamine dressing with Canadian brands

Nana the Brand

Bucket hat, $28, nanathebrand.ca

Good For Sunday

Silky linen collar shirt, $110, silky linen shorts, $78, goodforsunday.com

Marsquest

Oversized sunglasses, $70, marsquest.com

Numi

Silk-blend sleep set, $150, wearnumi.com

Osei-Duro

Printed pants, $278, oseiduro.com

Marigold

Ribbed dress, $149, marigoldmtl.com

Simons

Quilted square bag, $69, simons.ca

Oak & Fort

Bikini top, $34, bottoms, $28, oakandfort.com

Studio

Long-sleeved romper, $138, thisisstudio.ca

Silk Laundry

Crinkle sleeveless crop top, $270, silklaundry.ca

FWD

2-in-1 windbreaker, $150, forwardwithdesign.com

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Andréanne Dion

Andréanne Dion is the senior editor, style and beauty at Chatelaine.

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