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The Perfect Wedding-Guest Dress For Your State Of Mind

by Megan Gustashaw

Whether you’ve been given an excuse to travel to an exotic destination or an opportunity to reunite with all of your closest friends, getting invited to a spring wedding can be a blast for several reasons. Here, outfit ideas (and suitcase essentials) attuned to a few of the more common motivations. Next-level daydreaming starts now.

Your Mission: Relax And Decompress

You've worked hard for those vacation days so what's the use in coming back to work exhausted? Our recipe for a truly rejuvenating wedding weekend: wear a floaty dress and flats, pack a few stress-reducing, spa-like goodies in your bag and call it an early night when things start to get messy.

Your Wedding Outfit

Suitcase Essentials

Your Mission: Turn A Few Heads

Whether you're running into the one that got away or being set up with a single chap your friends just know you'll hit it off with, a wedding is the perfect opportunity to go full-on #smokeshow. Think: a little black dress, oxblood nails, and Bardot-worthy shorts for the day-after brunch.

Your Wedding Outfit

Suitcase Essentials

Your Mission: Party Like It's 1999

Sometimes regular life gets stressful and a weekend filled with dancing, pool partying and touristy fun is just what the doctor ordered. Pack a pop-color dress and some adventure-appropriate post-wedding gear and you've got a recipe for a great, selfie-filled weekend.

Your Wedding Outfit

Suitcase Essentials

Your Mission: Have A Fairytale Romance

So what if you have "All You Need Is Love" on repeat in the hotel room and a three-page rehearsal dinner speech memorized by heart? Weddings are romantic and it's more than okay to dive right into the spirit of things with a dreamy floral dress and tons of girly-girl extras.

Your Wedding Outfit

Suitcase Essentials