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Always sweet, lovely impression
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It can also be a vehicle for rebellious ostentation
It speaks of individuality and independence
Bubble skirts have a very unique and definite style, usually a corset combined with a short, wide skirt that is long in the middle of the thighs or above the knees, and presents a "bubble" effect on the hem. It unfolds at the bottom and sides, and the waist fits snugly against the body, looking like a balloon or bubble.
The birth of the bubble skirt is not long ago, and its shadow can be seen in Japanese clothing in the last century. In the 60s of the 20th century, Japan began to enter the post-war economic take-off stage, and it also followed the pace of the West in terms of fashion style. In the 70s of the 20th century, in a society with many suffocating events such as the Vietnam War, the Space Race, and the civil rights movement, people brought the Victorian style back into the mainstream with the desire to escape from the past. Japanese fashion culture fully absorbs the romantic elements of the European modern Renaissance, and incorporates puff sleeve elements into lolita clothing, and there is the earliest bubble skirt. With the development of time, the bubble skirt part has become a representative element of Lolita's clothing, and once became the representative of the girl's heart.
In the 50s of the 20th century, designers such as Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Hubert de Givenchy used to use the bubble dress Dress) has become a smash hit fashion piece with a wide skirt and cinched hem to create a distinctive cocoon silhouette.
Christian Dior later introduced many iterations, including the red satin bubble skirt in 1954 and 1956. Fashion historians describe the unique shape of the bubble skirt as "structurally difficult."
In the 80s of the 20th century, the style became popular again and became more famous, and almost every star wore a bubble dress at least once.
Nicolas Ghesquière, former designer of Balenciaga brand clothing, launched a new style of bubble skirt in order to revive the bubble-like design of the rounded skirt pleats and rounded shoulders designed by Cristobal Balenciaga a hundred years ago, which set off a fashion trend in 2007, with the sweet, pure characteristics of the 50s, but also the independent and confident temperament of contemporary women.
For Simone Rocha, Richard Quinn and Erdem's Fall/Winter 2019 collection, three young designers reinterpret this classic element with gorgeous fabrics and elegant color schemes, while retaining their distinct design styles.
Simone Rocha's bubble dress style is full of typical romance and whimsy, while Richard Quinn and Erdem add mood and life with bows and floral fabrics.
The 2020s bubble skirt took the more dramatic and exaggerated elements of the moment and took it to the extreme.
For Tomo Koizumi's Fall/Winter 2023 collection, Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi combines his usual bold colors with bubble skirt elements. The exaggerated skirt and bright and intense rainbow colors have a flashy dramatic tension.
And Loewe's spring/summer 2023 collection, with the theme of "fire crane flower", models wear plants on their bodies. Fun candle embellishments, exaggerated silhouettes and bold colours combine with bubble dresses for a natural touch.
In Ulla Johnson's spring/summer 2023 collection, the combination of different curved pleats and bubble skirts continues to shine on the runway, with the idyllic color style, bright and romantic, the whole collection seems to become a beautiful landscape portrait flowing.
Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2023 collection explores human nature and human connection. In this collection, Design Director Sarah Burton pays tribute to the spring/summer collection released by the brand's founder in 1999 when he was design director at Givenchy, and dissects classic elements. Artistic eye print, sharp cut, sexy white space combined with bubble skirt elements, rigid and soft, sexy and sharp.
Selena Gomez attended the event in Louis Vuitton, with a black mesh sheer top and a white bubble skirt, neutralizing the cuteness of the bubble skirt and adding to her personality rebellion.
Anya Taylor-Joy appeared at the UK premiere of her new film "The Menu", wearing Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2023 collection blue leather bubble dress, showing her neat and tough appearance, but also with her blonde cold white skin to set off the elven temperament to the extreme.
Bella Hadid attended the event in a Vintage Dior black bubble dress, with a neat hair style, full of vintage celebrity temperament, instantly back to the 50s.
Elle Fanning wore Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2023 white lace bubble dress to the 28th American Critics' Choice Awards ceremony, with meticulous embroidery and irregular design, combined with the bubble skirt through deconstruction, splicing and cutting, presenting a rich layer of beauty. At the same time, it interprets vintage sweetness and cool personality.
Supermodel Karolína Kurková wears a lilac bandeau flower bubble dress, simple, clean, gentle and flexible.
Di Li Gerba is dressed in a retro embroidered green bubble dress, and the black hair shape modifies the shoulders and neck, but also adds a touch of gentleness and tranquility to her, and the whole look is light and flexible, like a dancing elf in the dense forest.
Qi Wei embellished the ponytail shape with a bow headdress, and the pink top and black bubble skirt were vibrant and playful, like an eccentric ghost horse elf.
Bubble skirts are not synonymous with sweetness
There is also more than one side of women
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