Empowering Shapes. Body positivity is having a huge impact on fashion, proposing new experiments on silhouettes. Predominant and empowering mini styles are becoming shorter and waist rising lower with a prevailing motto: body shapes should not affect fashion choices. Celebrating feminine shapes is certainly a crucial trend, so that micro minis make their epic comeback. Paired with a co-ord corset top or styled with a glamorous bikini for the perfect millennial party look the style is trending for youth markets and high fashion cohorts. More commercially, the talk on body positivity keeps encouraging fitted styles and sees the bodycon look as the big protagonist. Seductive body-con fits and column styles are adding sleek silhouettes and distinct chic for summer. Pushing for a youthfully active dynamism, energized skirt designs integrate sportswear to feature arrays of tennis and varsity skirts. The iconic preppy piece is becoming the hot skirt item, due to Miu Miu’s recent campaign that keeps dominating the street scene. Celebrating femininity in a more romantic and elevated form, skirts are looking towards big volumes again. From plissés to fluid fabrics, the volume look is making resort statements. As a counterpart to the mini-mania, midi styles are the classical looks to bet on.
Instagram Update: Skirts
Trending Styles
Y2K Micro Mini
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The Pareo Skirt
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Drapey Long Styles
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Big Volumes
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Sleek Midi Styles
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Seductive Bodycon
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Preppy Skirt Set
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Varsity Skirt
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Millennials Utility Skirt
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Trending Details
Trimmed Cut-Outs
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Gathered Effect
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Volants & Flounces
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Sexy Slits
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Y2K Belts
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Y2K Statement Pieces.
This summer season is marked by the return of low rise minis, which are impacting fashion trends for new proposals with an ironic vintage allure: low rise mini increased in searches by +200% YOY, while the mini skirt set conquered the market and generated an increase in searches of +130% YOY. For a more classic look, shaped by resurfacing active trends, tennis skirts propose the latest hot item with a distinct leisure club allure. Versatile as it is, the tennis skirt can be styled for multiple occasions, city to dinner party, generating strong interest as pleated skirts grew in searches for +70% YOY, while tennis skirts increased by +50%.
With the Y2K trends being so influential in the market over the past few season, details can really make a huge difference when designing several styles: An innovative and bold option can be the curation of cut out outs with jewels and metal pieces, deconstructing rather classical shapes with a seductive twist. Frivolous volants propose the perfect girly millennial fantasy and appeal to feminine consumers. Iconic hip belts can be integrated to flatter the shape, while utility pockets can bring the cargo-aesthetic to the skirt market, with early signs proposing edgy long cargo skirts here.
The data in this report is extracted from Instagram and show the trend evolution year on year. On top right, the Livetrend icon explains the forecasting for next season. The Livetrend Stamp is an indication of the status of the trend, from edgy and early signs to last call ones, resulting from the cross-reference of Instagram and market data.
