12 Cute Dresses With Short Sleeves To Kick Off Warmer Weather

This season's dresses are all about pretty, flowery prints.

By Emily MacCulloch

Updated April 21, 2018

Plus Size Floral Wrap Midi Dress CAD $59.90 to illustrate a piece on summer-ready dresses with short sleeves

Trust us, you are going to want to scoop up these chic (and totally grown-up) floral dresses ASAP. While the weather is cool, pair them with a denim jacket (or blazer ) and a cute pair of sneakers and when the temp rises swap out your kicks for a sweet pair of sandals.

Short Sleeve Floral Dresses

Maxi Wrap Dress, $60, dynamiteclothing.com

DYNAMITE floral maxi dress, white dress with pink floral print

Skirt Insert Vermilion Floral Dress, $50, simons.ca

Simons red mini floral dress with white and black flower print

Plus Size Floral Wrap Midi Dress, $60, forever21.com

Forever 21 maxi orange floral dress with blue and red flowers

H&M+ Patterned Dress, $50, hm.com

H&M floral dress blue with pink, green and white flowers

Ruffle Lace Printed Dress, $63, reitmans.com

Reitmans mini floral dress, black dress with small red floral print

Floral Print Knit Wrap-Like Dress, $130, lechateau.com

Le Chateau black floral wrap dress dress with red flowers

Floral Print Midi Dress, $50, zara.com

Zara floral maxi dress with black, yellow and pink flowers

Koko Cold Shoulder Printed, $50, asos.com

Asos cold shoulder floral dress, navy blue mini dress with blue, white, purple and red flowers

Floral Print Dress, $100, mango.com

Mango pink maxi floral dress with green flower print

Women+ Print Ruffled Maxi Dress, $25, joefresh.com

Joe Fresh midi length blue floral dress with small white flower print

Short-sleeve Button-front Dress in Island Floral, $175, jcrew.com

J.Crew knee-length floral dress with white and green flowers

Printed Wrap Dress – In Every Story, $75, penningtons.com

Penningtons wrap style pink floral dress with white flowers

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