While the comeback has been brewing for some time, designers fully backed the trend for spring 2023, as inflated and puffed clothing and accessories from brands like Loewe, Louis Vuitton, and Moschino took center stage. Take, for example, Jason Wu — known for his feminine silhouettes and impeccable dressmaking skills — who included a maxi bubble hem dress in his spring 2023 lineup, while Ulla Johnson opted for double the effect, matching an exaggerated orb top and bulbous, floor-sweeping hemline in one dress. New York-based label Dauphinette went for a more literal interpretation of the trend, unveiling a bulged, hemline dress in the brand’s spring 2023 collection. Meanwhile, Carolina Herrera gave us full 2010s flashbacks with a high-low dress (the less PTSD-inducing term for “mullet skirt”) with a cloud-like hemline.
