I’m Calling It: Celebrities and Fashion Experts Are Swapping Jeans for a “Strange Skirt Summer”

There’s a playful energy in the air this summer and it’s already influenced my favourite celebrities wardrobes. Tossing aside the jeans they I’ve turned to all year, celebrities are shopping and styling an emerging skirt trend that snaps back at the “quiet luxury” aesthetic that’s reigned for so long. Appearing all of my FYP, this season is officially shaping up to become a “strange skirt summer”.

Already in the wardrobe of Lily Allen, the singer and actor propelled the trend via an Instagram post last week that saw her styling a printed skirt with a colourful cartoon-inspired design blazoned across the front. Using the bold skirt to anchor or look, Allen crafted a colourful ensemble that looked at home on the vibrant, flower-clad streets of Italy.

Taking a more relaxed approach to her “strange” skirt style, Rosalia wore her Kate Moss-printed skirt with a simple black tee and tall platform heels. Doing all of the hard work, the playful skirt trend is the instant outfit elevator that the style set are falling for.

Not particularly easy to style—but not entirely difficult, the charm of the strange skirt trend lays in its inherent messiness. Forcing you to style a look that’s neither “classic” nor predictable, a strange skirt can entirely change the direction of an outfit, opening up a new side to ones personal style in a playful and approachable way.

@sabrinacarpenter wears a printed skirt.

Taking an equally bold approach to the emerging skirt trend, Sabrina Carpenter was spotted ahead of her Vogue World debut styling an ankle length striped skirt in a bold red shade with a matching top and headscarf.

Subverting expectations, the characterful skirt trend is the quickest way to revive your summer style, and brands have responded to the growing demand. From Rixo to Dries Van Noten, below we’ve chronicles some of the chicest and boldest styles on the market right now.