My girlfriend will roll her eyes as I say this, but despite being a fashion editor, I really don’t buy that many clothes—and no, this isn’t the part where I smugly reveal I just get them all for free. Instead, with a growing love for travelling (and living out of a suitcase) and a focus on wearing mainly natural fibre fabrics, very few pieces actually make it into my ever-shrinking wardrobe. Yet this fashion-forward find ticked every single box. Allow me to reintroduce you to the bubble hem skirt.
Yes, we’ve seen this silhouette before—from its heyday in the ’80s to its revival over the past few seasons. The bubble, balloon or puffball skirt isn’t exactly new. But for summer 2025, it’s been given a decidedly more refined twist.
