2022 Best Sexy Trend : Micro Mini Skirt

The only item of clothing that is smaller in comparison to our formal dresses cardigans and shorts in 2021 is our skirts, which during the course of the pandemic, have diminished to almost nonexistent sizes. For proof, see Bella Hadid, twirling in a pleated, low-rise mini on Instagram, and Dua Lipa donning a Thom Browne crop top and a school-dress-code-violating plaid skirt in NYC. After more than a full year of lockdown -- much of it indoors wrapped in a sartorial safety blanket (read the Pangaia sweatsuit) Fashion overall was subject to the shrink ray, which resulted in a plethora of skirts that're not just unsafe for work, but also not appropriate for the wind.

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The only clothing item that is less that our dresses for parties short shorts and cardigans in 2021 is our skirts, which throughout the pandemic, have diminished to almost nonexistent sizes. For proof, see Bella Hadid, twirling in a pleated, low-rise mini on Instagram, and Dua Lipa donning a Thom Browne crop top and a school-dress-code-violating plaid skirt in NYC. After more than a full year of lockdown -- much of it indoors and wrapped in a stylish safety blanket (read the Pangaia sweatsuit) Fashion in general was sucked under the shrinking rays, resulting in a plethora of skirts that're not just unsafe for work, but also not suitable for the wind.

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The first indications of a return to micro-minis were seen on the catwalks of Saint Laurent, Miu Miu and Blumarine's fall '21 shows in the winter of last year. In all of them, the absence of maxi skirts or mini skirts pushed those hemlines back to the past. In a way, they're reminiscent of the Y2K-era silhouette loved by Paris Hilton, Britney Spears as well as Rihanna during the first half of 2000s The 2021 version the micro mini is typically fitted, low-rise and cut short.

It's not a surprise the fact that one of the early supporters was among the first models to appear on the runway in an ultra-mini in 2021. On March 1, Rihanna appeared in a denim cutoff skirt with prominent boxers, a tan shirt and strappy, sky-high sandals to go to the supermarket. Rihanna's photos quickly went viral, prompting us to rethink our poor decision to give away the majority of our jeans skirts from the early 90s.

The month of July was when Maryam Nassir Zadeh used her resort collection from 22 July to debut an ultra-cropped mini skirt style that was reminiscent of the tube top. The Miami-based label Gimaguas was a part of it with its now-sold-out assortment of boob tube as micro minis and the reverse is true. Indie labels such as 1xblue, Tank Air, Miaou and Gauge81 that were making mini skirts before they made it onto the fashion's "hot" list, saw increases in the popularity of Instagram appearing on celebrities such as Paloma Elsesser, Emma Chamberlain, Willow Smith, and Olivia Rodrigo, resulting in constant sales and long waitlists.

In July, the buy-now-pay-later platform Klarna has reported an increase of 67% when searching for skirts that are mini in comparison to just a month before in Junewhich is that is likely to increase as the items that have sold out are restocked and designers abandon the modest hem lengths that they wore prior to the pandemic.

At the very least, that seemed to be the situation in Fashion Month. Alongside visible underwear and jeans with a low rise micro mini skirts from the mid-2000s were frequently seen at New York Fashion Week. Models from Theophilio wore mini skirts made of stripes as well as red leather. at Kim Shui the brand was able to pair leather skirts with TikTok-approved scarves. Sandy Liang styled tiny cardigans with pleated mini skirts along with Saint Sintra put tin-foil-esque skirts with transparent tops and ruined stockings. Together, they pushed the trend that was barely visible for a while into the next season.

In light of the time we were sweating during lockdown the six-month period (or more) in leg-baring skirts seems like exactly what our wardrobes require. Additionally, it will give us the chance to take off all the printed and logo-adorned pants we purchased pre-pandemic but then never put on. If you're not ready to take the scissors off your collection of skirts it won't be.

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