Waiting for Summer in a White Dress

Still waiting for summer to come and stay, not just for one day, but maybe a few weeks, if that would not be too much to ask, maybe one week in a row (?). And I mean summer with it's hot gloomy days when we wouldn't have to wear that much and we'd go swimming all day and all night too. There won't be any stormy, rainy days, we could sit outside at night and have a beer or two. I would definitely need a white dress then and I think I looked at every white dress there is for now (at least on Ebay and Etsy that is). I want a pretty light cotton dress with eyelet lace and piping. I liked the antique Edwardian dresses best, but these are so old, they're almost too delicate to wear. But still, they are the prettiest white dresses I did come across. Oh summer, please...










pictures by 1860-1960, the sartorialist and merlinsmaiden