20 Wedding Guest Cocktail Dresses That Will (Respectfully) Steal the Show

After 12-plus months of pandemic living, there’s no greater thrill than shopping for wedding guest cocktail dresses. From leggy LBDs and ’90s-inspired sheaths to puff-sleeve midis and summer-friendly beach dresses, dreaming up our 2021 wedding ensembles is single-handedly getting us through stage 5,304 of quarantine. We speak from experience—simply browsing the below dresses has us counting down the days (and hours) to wedding season. 

Whether you’re attending a downsized “mini-mony” or your sister’s thrice-rescheduled reception, it’s finally time to invest in a showstopping outfit that people will actually see in person (fingers crossed). Ahead, we invite you to retire your sweatpants and shop the wedding guest cocktail dresses that are worthy of your post-lockdown fashion debut.