Now's the time to buy that LWD

Just after you've enjoyed that first full weekend of Fall we've all been waiting for since the tents at Bryant Park were broken down, I'm going to beg your pardon and ask you to think back to that five-year college reunion in June, that rooftop cocktail party in July or that friend's bridal shower in August -- in other words, backtrack to one of those occasions when the weather was warm, your skin was sunkissed and all you wanted to do was wear a pretty white dress.

Problem is, if you're like I was, you stood in front of your color-coordinated walk-in and realized that as brown bled into black grew into grey melded into metallics, other than the prized vintage mini (top half shown above right, bottom "half" here) which only comes out to play on the streets of Manhattan and maaaybe at a gay-heavy dinner party here in DC, there isn't a single stitch of semi-formal white in sight.

There are a number of legitimate reasons for this.

First, unlike the rest of the members of the neutral family, white is predominately a Spring/Summer only color and thus, not the most practical wardrobe investment. Second, for those of you who tend to have energetic hand gestures and (pointing at self) have a propensity to break into tipsy tap dancing after imbibing your third MiLi longneck, white isn't exactly the safest color to wear. And finally, unless you've earned a nice bit of Summer color or you've been blessed with a year-round olive complexion, white isn't always the most flattering option.

But just having the option is the point of this post.

I've taken the liberty of rounding up a selection of on-sale LWDs for your perusal and hopefully, purchase. You may not want nor feel it right to rock one of these darling dresses very often, but for those rare two or three occasions during the year when you are leaning white, here is a less expensive way to indulge.

Enjoy.

Bianca satin dress by Abaete ($179.99 at bluefly.com)*

Billie eyelet dress by Lilly Pulitzer ($99.99 at bloomingdales.com)

Georgina silk shirtdress ($99.99 at jcrew.com)
Bustier dress by Mara Hoffman ($149.50 at urbanchiconline.com)

Swiss-dot dress by Calvin Klein ($81.90 at nordstrom.com)

Puff-sleeve dress by Catherine Malandrino ($204 at revolveclothing.com)

Tie-front dress by Lewis Cho ($121 at basicboutique.com)

Linen/cotton dress by Alice Roi ($165 at activeendeavors.com)
Felicity dress by Christopher Deane ($228 at activeendeavors.com)*
Shiffley dress by Sunner ($117.50 at pinkmascara.com)
Multi-pleat mini by Karen Zambos ($226.80 at shopbop.com)*

Polo dress by AKA New York ($149 at shopbop.com)

And because I know others are more likely to be incited into action when they know the person pushing them has done the deed herself, here below are a couple of pics of the deeply-discounted Sea NY Summer-white frock I picked up from Ron Herman's online mega-sale last month:

*your Editrix's top picks