Boho skirts for summer? Sasha Obama and countless other style forces are already cosigning one of summer's biggest trends, and if you want to get ahead of the curve, you've come to the right place.
In case it wasn’t already obvious from all the floaty dresses and beaten-up boots cropping up on Instagram, boho is back. Not in the 2016 Coachella way but in a fresher, more undone iteration: think less fringing and questionable suede fedoras, and more lace slips. At the center of the revival is a classic tiered skirt: the more romantic take on a straight maxi.
Long, layered and slightly sheer, this season’s throw-on-and-go skirt has taken over Pinterest moodboards, paired with images of green fields and delicate blooms in the manner of Marc Jacobs’s Daisy perfume ads from the Noughties. Others are styling theirs with a bikini top for a laidback take on Euro summer dressing, more suited to the Ionian Islands than the Ibiza party circuit.
Back in September, Chloé led the charge on tiered skirts, sending out floor-sweeping versions that were a nod to the Phoebe Philo years in a whirl of gauzy fabrics, unbrushed hair, and sun-bleached neutrals.
For a patterned take on the trend, Zimmermann’s ultra-whimsical styles have you covered, featuring signature tiers of broderie anglaise and pastel prints that’ll transform even the grayest June day into a cheery, summery experience.
Meanwhile, Isabel Marant, the patient zero of boho chic, has long been a go-to for a cool-girl tiered skirt, best paired with an oversized slouchy belt in a way that feels very Kate Moss circa 2003. Net-a-porter aside, the classic tiered skirt is ideally picked up at a charming unnamed boutique on an Italian mountainside or a sleepy Sardinian beach.
And while yes, there’s a touch of festival nostalgia to all this, the 2025 version is more grown-up, whether paired with a silk camisole top or a transseasonal knit. It’s also precisely what you’ll want to wear when it’s too hot to grapple with confusing buttons and restrictive silhouettes; there’s plenty of time for that in the winter.
This post originally appeared in British Vogue.
