For graduation, especially in summer, cool and breathable is key! Will you be wearing a robe for the ceremony?

Looking at your choices, the one that pops out is the first dress--the yellow print--very summery, chic and casual at the same time.

I understand that you want to reuse pieces in your wardrobe, but graduation is a special occasion, and you want to feel special. There will be other moments to build a wardrobe--your first interview!--but this may be a moment for something both memorable and fun.

Love, Love, Love the second dress, I'm not very found of the first one, it seems too casual, the second is young and lovely.

The pencil skirt is breath taking and very sexy, so I vote for the second dress for the occasion!

First of all: congratulations Dawn!! You worked really hard for this!

I quite like the yellow dress, but I'm not sure how formal a graduation ceremony is, and I'm wondering if it's a tad on the casual side?

I very much like the sound of pairing a pencil skirt with a gorgeous top. You look marvelous in skirts!

I also like these dresses:
http://www.asos.com/Ted-Baker/.....;clr=Black

http://www.asos.com/Reiss/Reis.....;clr=Black

http://www.asos.com/Leighton-M.....8;clr=Grey

http://www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-.....;clr=Black

http://www.asos.com/Karen-Mill.....;clr=Denim

Thanks for your responses so far! Yep, we'll be wearing academic robes but there also is dinner with the parents and then a course party after that.

Inge, I just spotted a blue version of that Reiss dress on their website and I'm very interested in it... Here is a link to it: http://www.reiss.co.uk/shop/wo....._sky_blue/

Of course, I would need to get it shortened and I don't know how difficult of a job that would be. I tried on a number of dresses like this today and my main problem with that neckline is that it is accompanied with deep v at the back which causes the shoulders to sit oddly on me. The only dress that I tried on with a high back sat perfectly on my shoulders but was a very unattractive colour on me.

I hope that link works... Let me know if it doesn't and I post the photo on my blog.

This is a lovely dress and I love the color! The site suggests also a black belt which seems great to me, very modern! Go for it

Love the blue Dawn. I bet it will look amazing on you. Hope you can get it to work for you.

Love, love, love the first yellow floral dress. Dress it up with pearls, heels, a clutch and you'd be golden, in my opinion. Would it be too short, though?

The sky blue dress is good too but not as interesting or versatile as the yellow one to me.

Congrats tassajara!!

Ooh I like the yellow dress too. Personally I wouldn't worry about it being too short; it'll be under a gown for the most part. I wore a dress that I consider a little too far on the short side to my graduation recently. Under the robe and with funky hose I didn't feel self-conscious at all. Will it be too warm for stockings on your grad day?