Loose cotton dress for tropics

[GlitteringUnicorn]

Hi
I am about to spend a few weeks in the tropics- it will be very hot with high humidity.
I am trying to find cool, loose, floaty and lightweight dresses. Ideally will pack easily, dry easily and not plain (as they show every mark). Definitely not thick cotton/jersey and must cover my arms.
This is the best I have found

www.aspiga.com/products/emma-cotton-dress-shell-navy-white

But £90 seems quite excessive and I will need to buy 4-5 of this sort of thing.

Has anyone seen anything similar please? (And there won't be any opportunity to buy something out there before someone suggests that!)
Thank you

Oh my god, people are trying to look at fucking dresses not debate a term the OP used.

Maybe start a new thread.

I'm so happy that this is evolving into a discussion. As a non-white person, I used to think decolonisation was a tokenistic attempt at whitewashing myself. I used to argue that the decolonisation movement was a navel-grazing echo chamber of meaningless phrases. Let us acknowledge it and therefore absolve ourselves from it.

The more you see of its ongoing invisible impact, the more its insidiousness unsettles. Only 13 countries have never been colonised by Europeans, but that includes Afghanistan (occupied), Saudi Arabia (British 'protectorate'), Iran (British appointed Shah) etc

I do apologise for my goading higher-than-thou tone, and for derailing this thread OP

Maybe @beybey20 start a discussion elsewhere on this board - this thread is in Style & Beauty and is about summer dresses.

I’ve bought some thin cotton midi dresses with short sleeves from Amazon.

Thanks BeyBey, I appreciate you explaining more and maybe I have yet to evolve to a better understanding. Like so many things, I think maybe "decolonisation" can sometimes be meaningful and important and sometimes hijacked and trite.

DillyDilly, you have a point but threads do tend to derail interestingly all the time on MN.

Can't you visit Lyme Regis or Torquay instead?

Can't you visit Lyme Regis or Torquay instead?

in which case we will be needing some examples of lovely cagoules.

Monsoon do amazing dresses!

I'd be grateful if you could go elsewhere- this is the style and beauty forum.
Your sanctimonious input is not helpful
Even when I told you I was going HOME to where I was born and raised and do not find the term tropics emotive you have still continued to derail this thread

To all those that have been helpful and talked about SUMMER dresses for a TROPICAL climate I thank you.

Hear, hear.

For anyone wishing to holiday in the UK, a kagoule is a must-pack item. Anything that you can pack in a tote bag and put on in a downpour will do.

Warmer countries can have downpours too.

https://om-baby.co.uk/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZuCJyc7gNuZfRbo3w3XoyW_jwrDrvBVdxE2M76DbiSWZwZD9D4G4FGLKc_aem_mH58TCSopFPs7J-HuWiOfw

OmBaby in the one for you! Beautiful Indian block printed cotton!! Enjoy your trip

Asda are doing dresses for about £18 and all cotton, midi length and with sleeves. Maybe worth a shot?

Asda

@mrschocolatte, that's really nice.

Gotta say this is the wildest derailing of a thread I've seen for a long time 😆

Anyway OP I'm in a similar predicament. I'm off to SE Asia in a few weeks and absolutely dreading the hot and humid weather. I'm looking at some cotton and cheesecloth flowy midi dresses from Seasalt and H&M. Problem is with dresses I will need to wear shorts underneath to avoid the chub rub. No idea if that will be even hotter.

Agree that dress from Asda is lovely. Wonder what the quality is like.

I've made a huge mistake and ordered some items from Yours. Definitely not good quality.

@Cheesecakelunch I'm not keen on Yours either and the sizing is weird on me. I did get a couple of linen mix shirts recently though which I really like and wash well.

I got a fab maxi with long sleeves from H&M recently, cotton and it was really cheap. Maybe £22.99. M&S often do similar styles in natural fibres.

It’s a geographical term.

Those Primark dresses are lovely.

I also grew up in a hot, humid, tropical country and I generally avoided dresses unless with chub rub shorts underneath and they are hot and sweaty all by themselves. Loose trousers and tops are much better I find.

trousers like this are great

or these

these come in cotton or linen

On top wear a loose t-shirt, the linen ones are good. All the usual suspects will have these - M&S, Fat Face, White Stuff, etc.

Carry a cardigan as the aircon is savage when you go indoors!

Also if you're travelling, if you bring 4 tops and 4 bottoms that all go together you have more mileage as the trousers usually won't want washing every day - if you bring 4 dresses you have 4 outfits and that's it, especially if you sweat.

And speaking of sweat, the green Mitchum roll-on is the only thing that properly works (for me anyway!)

I'd buy when I get there. The shops will be well stocked with garments suitable for the tropical heat and humidity.

Oh and I see that you will not be near any shops. That's a pity. Some good suggestions here anyway. I really like the Primark ones above.

I live in “the tropics”, a warm country on the equator, for work. The local people often refer to it as such.

I shall them know that they must stop using that term immediately because Brits living in the UK feel it is racist for them to describe their own country that way!

ASDA, Tu, Matalan - they have a good range of cotton, mix fabrics and have performed well for me, wear and wash wise. I buy from a wide variety of brands and for the price they hit the spot. I also buy oversized shirts (Primark have some great very fine cotton ones) and wear shorts as an alternative to dresses, using the tops as pool cover-ups, so multi purpose.

The tropics is not a colonial term, it refers to the areas around the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn - it is just geographical. People who live in some countries (I don’t know about all) also refer to these areas as being in ‘the tropics’.

Kit and Kaboodal do cotton and also linen dresses.
They are well priced and are mainly of the one size fits all type.
Texture - Clothing has similar.

Have a look at The Edit by Carolyn Donnelly at dunnesstores.com she has a range of linen dresses and lovely kaftan style dresses.
I like Aspiga but think it's expensive.

OP told you she is from the area. No need to keep going on about this - we get the picture (as provided to us by you).