There have been a handful of controversial early 2000s trends to resurface in recent months, including styles thought to be deeply buried in the Y2K archives, like visible thong strings and low-rise jeans. Add miniskirts to the resurgence of aughts fashion taking over the world and your TikTok feeds. Upping the high fashion ante, most notably, Italian designer Miuccia Prada showed a collection of super-short skirts as part of Prada’s and Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collections. Weeks later on Instagram, Peter Do cofounders Jessica Wu and Vin Ho re-created a pair of the micro mini looks from the Miu Miu lineup for Halloween. But the mini trend may have all started with the proliferation of tennis skirts this summer on Gen Z social feeds. The question remains: does this look have legs?
“There’s a combination of generational desire to go back to a time in fashion when it was fun and mindless,” celebrity stylist and Emmy Award–winning costume designer Zerina Akers tells BAZAAR.com of the mini’s comeback. “It seems like there’s a group of us who are super nostalgic, and then there’s this new younger generation that’s exploring it and are inspired by these archival images of pop stars like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, or Beyoncé.” She notes, “Not to mention they make your legs look longer!”
On the runway, creative director of new-era Blumarine, Nicola Brognano, embraced the micro mini trend, which originally dates back to the ’60s (think Twiggy, Mary Quant, and mod fashion), giving it a quintessential early-2000s treatment with butterfly appliqués and rhinestones. The cult cool-girl label out of the United Kingdom by Charlotte Knowles—now simply dubbed KNWLS—offered a selection of edgy leather and pleated plaid styles, some of which were layered over sheer trousers. At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri’s A-line versions provided a more polished take on the scantily clad trend, a sentiment that was echoed at Max Mara.
Meanwhile, Khaite’s metallic and sequined minis are perfect for nights out, and Etro is taking us back to where it all started with go-go inspired moments. In short, brands are getting in on the action, and a lot of it has to do with customers’ undeniable penchant for nostalgia—and feeling ready to show some skin.
“We need a little bit of an escape for being sexy again,” Akers notes. “For so long, everything was about comfort, and although it was great for its time, I’m here for a youth revival moment and [both] femininity and the liberating feeling of showing some skin.”
Stylist Elizabeth Sulcer is on board for the mini revival in part because of its inherent effortlessness. “There’s definitely an ease to it,” she explains. The stylist, who is also well known for her ’90s appreciation, continues, “[Minis are] a big, big trend right now and a huge influence in my work as well. It just feels very cool.”
But this renewed fascination with the up-to-there skirt has left many wondering how to wear a micro mini in a “grown-up,” way. For Sulcer, it’s about focusing on the cut, suggesting that shoppers embrace a high-waisted silhouette. “I think the low hip-hugging styles can be really hard to wear for a lot of people,” she says. “Showing skin on the bottom and [being] more covered on top could be a chic and still youthful way to embrace the trend.”
Akers reiterates that the key exists in managing the proportions of your outfit. “I think balancing the silhouette with an oversized sweatshirt, or something like an oversized blazer and tall boots, will kind of make it more mature and can balance the silhouette,” she says. “Not everything is a crop top or miniskirt. Sometimes, it’s all about mixing the ‘fit!”
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The Secret to Wearing the Micro Miniskirt Trend Like a Grown-Up
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