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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lauren Cunningham

A Lace Skirt is the Simplest Solution to Summer Fashion Fatigue—and These 5 Looks Prove Why

@nlmarilyn wears black skirt and white T-shirt.

Hands up if your jeans get more airtime than anything else in your wardrobe. Or perhaps you swap them out for linen trousers come summer. Either way, while the top half of your outfit may regularly rotate between tank tops, t-shirts and statement shirts, if the bottom half stays relatively unchanged (read: trousers), you may be experiencing fashion fatigue. Luckily, the chicest of women have a solution—as always—and it’s time to turn your attention to lace skirts.

Striking the perfect balance between smart and casual—depending on how you style them—we’re starting to see lace skirts step in as the new go-to outfit base. A graphic tee suddenly looks effortlessly cool, a leather jacket lends a touch of boho, and a butter yellow shirt creates a look that will genuinely take you from day to night. The growing love for lace is hardly surprising, given it dominated the Autumn/Winter 2025 runways at Chloé, Saint Laurent, Fendi, Gucci, and Carolina Herrera.

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