17 Work-Appropriate Summer Dresses That Will Keep You Cool But Won't Get You Fired

Let's face it: It's hard to step up your style game in the corporate world. And it's even harder to maintain a chic wardrobe when it's sweltering outside and you arrive at the office each morning with pit stains and frizzy hair. In the dead of summer, all you just want to do is throw on a spaghetti strap slip dress and call it a day. But you can't show up to work dressed for a day at the beach -- your boss won't appreciate that.

In 100 degree weather, you don't even want to bother with shorts or skirts -- the less clothes, the better. Enter dresses. The solution to every problem. To help you select frocks that will keep you cool but won't get you fired, we rounded up 17 amazing options that will make you the envy of all your coworkers. Happy shopping.