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7 Gingham Dresses For Your Memorial Day Picnic Because Checkered Print Is Super Festive

It's time to commemorate the beginning of Summer 2015 by consuming as many hot dogs as you can humanly stomach! Huzzah!! If you're still deliberating over what to wear to your barbecue tomorrow, fret not. There are plenty of fun gingham dresses you can wear on Memorial Day weekend. After all, what's more festive than outfitting yourself in picnic table fabric on the unofficial birthday of picnics?

With that, here are seven gingham dresses that you can wear to your Memorial Day barbecue tomorrow. Just mind the ketchup near your new duds.

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by Arielle Dachille

Offbeat Blue Ginghan

Pair this shirtdress with some black platforms and a leather jacket to look like the potentially Danish cool kid at the party.

Moniker Oversized Gingham Shirtdress, $54 at ASOS

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Fit & Flare/ Keyholes

Serving up some early Betty Draper realness…

Checker Pin Up Dress in Peach, $99.95 at Starlets & Harlots

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Great Details

This checkered navy frock, available in both plus and standard sizing, is a fun spin on the classic gingham sweetheart. Gotta love that pointed detail in the neckline.

Gingham Halter-Neck ‘Myrtle’ Swing Dress, $45.99 at Lindy Bop

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'50s Throwback

Tie a scarf around your head, and you’re basically a 1950s housewife.

Runaround Sue Daisy Gingham Red Dress, 39 GBP at Vivien of Holloway

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Black & White

This little number is available in both standard and plus sizing. Also, it would look pretty darn adorable with a little denim jacket over it.

Pull Up A Cherry Dress in Black Gingham, $64.99 at ModCloth

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Blue Picnic

This baby is also available in standard and plus! Also, gotta love that light blue…

Pretty As A Picnic Dress in Gingham, $99.99 at ModCloth

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Sweetheart Style

Nothing like a full-skirt and sweetheart neckline to make you feel eighteen kinds of sassy.

Sweetie Dress in Red Gingham, $90 at Heart of Haute

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