A backless dress does the most work of any piece in your closet, front and back. It's the dress your friends ask about mid-photo, the one that makes the group chat before you've even left the house.

A backless mini dress brings the energy for a night out or a birthday dinner where you want every angle to count. For a wedding guest dress moment, a backless maxi turns heads without breaking dress code, elegant from the front and unexpected from the back. And if you love the open-back detail but want to play with the neckline too, a halter neck dress with a low back gives you the best of both: a tie at the neck, nothing at all behind it.

An open back dress works for almost any occasion once you know how to style it. Sasha Therese's backless edit moves from sleek minis to elegant maxi dresses, each cut to feel secure and confident, not fussy.

If the open back isn't quite your thing but you still want that bare-shoulder feel, our strapless dresses bring the same clean, unfussy energy from the front. Keep styling simple: hair up or swept to one side, a little body tape if you want extra hold, and minimal jewellery so the back can do the talking. Shop backless dresses at Sasha Therese and find the one that looks just as good walking away as it does walking in.