30 Going-Out Dresses You'll Absolutely Live Your Best Life In

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There's no category of fashion I love more than going-out ensembles. From dressed-up jeans to minidresses and glitter galore, it brings me joy to see everyone pull out all the stops for a night out. As going out becomes a thing again in certain places, I am ready to see people—and myself—in something that isn't loungewear. We've already discussed fun shoes and outfits for a night out, but today, we're discussing dresses because there's nothing like putting on the perfect dress and living your best life. 

Keep scrolling to shop the best going-out dresses to reemerge into society with. It was almost hard to not keep on going with this list because it seems like the market is just as ready as me for you to go out again. 

Associate Fashion Editor
Yusra Siddiqui is an editor who resides in New Jersey but bounces between the suburbs and NYC. (She's a Jersey girl at heart.) After interning at Who What Wear in 2019, she found her way to the team after graduating from LIM College in 2022 with a fashion media degree. She's also spent time writing and working for publications such as Fashionista, Coveteur, and Nylon, but she always knew that Who What Wear was where she was meant to be. When she's on the job, she's perusing runway shows, analyzing the latest thing fellow Gen Zers are up to on the internet, and sharing what she can about the modest-fashion market. You can also catch her dabbling in entertainment, talking about the costume choices of the latest Netflix series or diving deeper into how the plotline affects the viewers in a myriad of ways. Lastly, she likes to create content for Who What Wear's TikTok. Her personal time is spent doing similar but also different things—deep diving into almost every new TV show (Bridgerton, Gilmore Girls, and Stranger Things are favorites), planning her next local getaway (whenever that may be), and reading the latest Emily Henry or Sally Rooney novel in one sitting.