Rihanna Just Wore Arguably the Most Controversial Skirt Style of All
Given how popular trends like naked dresses, visible thongs, and going, well, pants-less are these days, it's growing more and more difficult to generate controversy when it comes to fashion. And yet, Rihanna just did exactly that by wearing the one trend I personally never thought would make a genuine comeback: high-low hemlines. Leave it to the Fenty founder, though, to make the throwback silhouette feel modern and, even more shocking, cool.
Out to celebrate A$AP Rocky's whisky brand Mercer Prince at The Fleur Room in Los Angeles, Rihanna paired a gloved, velvet bodysuit by Melitta Baumeister with a faux-leather Rick Owens skirt fit with a high-low hemline and a train. With the daring duo, she added a Tom Ford for Gucci handbag, a Celine hoodie, and strappy heels that laced halfway up her legs. A far cry from the jewel-toned high-low dresses we wore to practically every high school dance in the early 2010s (or was that just me?), the look is singlehandedly paving the way for a comeback of the cut.
Even so, welcoming high-low hemlines back into our wardrobes after all this time won't be easy. To ease back into the style, shop the more approachable asymmetric skirts below.
On Rihanna: Melitta Baumeister Velvet Glove Sleeves Top ($975); Rick Owens Long Cargo Skirt ($1635); Tom Ford for Gucci bag; Celine Zipped Hoodie ($1950)
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Eliza Huber is an NYC-based senior fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and the intersection of sports and fashion. She joinedBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing in 2021 from Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a business degree from the University of Iowa. She's launched two columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, Gracie Abrams, and Sabrina Carpenter; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top runway trends each season. Eliza lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, watching WNBA games, and scouring The RealReal for discounted Prada.
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