So many of the trends that dominated the top shows at Milan Fashion Week this season felt like throwbacks to a time (and style) that most Millennials probably thought they had left in the dust: bubble hems, three and four button blazers, booty shorts, etc. You thought they were gone forever, but they’re back, baby! Along with skintight pedal pushers, mullet skirts, and more exposed bras than a Victoria’s Secret window display. And yet, triggering as some of these trends may be for those in their 30s and 40s, there was a freshness to what walked the runway for Spring 2027. Perhaps it was the styling. Or the fact that young, beautiful people (aka models) can make anything look good. We’ll leave that up to you to decide. We’re not here to judge. Just to report. And this is what we saw.
Prada set the skirt-first agenda on day one of Milan Fashion Week. And not just pencil skirts. Pleated skirts, A-lines skirts, all sorts of skirts. But the show opened with a pencil skirt and it closed with a pencil skirt, so that’s where we’re starting. After all, as Prada goes, so goes the fashion industry.
These were big news in New York and they continued to be one of the strongest trends of the season in Milan. Sometimes they were short. Sometimes they were long. Millennials know this can be a challenging trend to pull off, but designers this season sure are making it look easy.
Again, Prada set the bra-as-top agenda this season on day one of the shows, featuring nearly three dozen bra tops among their 63 looks. Well, three dozen if you count tube tops, which we are. Sometimes the bra tops were more bra than top. Sometimes they we more top than bra. Sometimes they were under open blouses. Other times they sort of floated on top of shift dresses. The point is, they were everywhere, so if you want to be stylish in 2027, you better be prepared to get your bra out.
This was a less prominent trend, but once again Millennials will know it well. In addition to actual bra tops, a number of designers showed pieces designed to merely look as if the top of the bra was being exposed. A sort of brassiere trompe l’oiel, if you will. It really worked at Marni. Love what Meryll Rogge is doing over there. Love!
Thrift stores in New York are and have long been bursting at the seams with these high-collar blazers and coats. No one wants them. At least… no one did. Designers have been pushing for the return of this particular fashion relic for a while now and this season there were some compelling arguments for it’s resurrection of three-and four-button tailoring courtesy of Jil Sander, Marni, and Moschino. Of course, if you’re not quite ready for the return of this particular silhouette, we get it. You’ve been burned before. But who knows, by the time these jackets hit stores six months from now, you may feel differently. Time heals all wounds, after all.
Hammer time, anyone? Kidding! Well… sort of. Pants have been getting bigger and bigger lately and, honestly, we’re here for it. There’s something so chic about a truly voluminous trouser. This season they ran the gamut from silky and sheer to sturdy and billowing. Of course, the problem with giant pants is that the hems tend to drag on the ground — turning raggedy after the first wear — but that’s not really an issue this season, as many of the most voluminous trousers came gathered at the ankle. All the better to show off you…