Kylie Jenner Cosigned the Return of the Bubble Skirt and I Don't Hate It

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. Kylie Jenner just proved me wrong.On June 8, the shared a series of vacation snaps in a low-rise white mini skirt featuring a true bubble hemline, which she paired with a matching white bralette tied behind her back with a bow. “Wishin i was still hereee ☀️,” she captioned the , tagging her fashion brand, .While the bubble hem was popularized in the ‘80s, it took on new life in 2005 thanks to red carpet moments from the likes of , , and other Y2K It-Girls.

And although bubble skirts were certainly popular amongst Hollister shoppers around that time, a mid-length bubble dress was truly the moment—and I’m not just saying that because I wore a purple bubble dress to prom.Paris Hilton in 2005.Drew Barrymore in 2006.Lauren Conrad in 2005.Anne Hathaway in 2006.Nearly twenty years later, what's old is new again.

Vogue even gave millennials fair warning in May, writing that “" The cloud-like silhouette has been cropping up all over runways and cool, niche influencer feeds for months, meaning it was only a matter of time before it was embraced more widely.Style influencer Cherifa Akili wears Ganni's white balloon short dress to Paris Fashion Week on February 29, 2024.Is it any wonder the ‘90s and early aughts tween mall staple just it’s return to form?

Of course, there is something more sophisticated about the 2024 approach to bubble trend. Kylie Jenner, for one, leaned into the lightness of the skirt by pairing it with a breezy straw hat and hardly anything else, save two vintage-inspired gold watches on one wrist.