Miu Miu and the look of the moment

Each season has its own representative garments: looks that are rightfully part of the must-have of every wardrobe, omnipresent on covers and fashion shoots and, of course, in the era of social networks, reinterpreted by stars and influencers and used and consumed by followers.

The protagonist of this Spring is, definitely, the crop top by Miu Miu combined with its micro mini skirt. Without limits of age, size and occasion, it is the most desired and flaunted object of the moment. Presented last season on the catwalks, it is now available in all Miu Miu boutiques, including, of course, the store in our spaces in downtown Bologna.

In detail, the look features an ultra-cropped shirt or sweater and, after inches and inches of exposed abdomen, a low-waisted miniskirt with frayed hems and visible inside pockets. The stylistic reference is undoubtedly to the collegiate universe of the nineties and the triumph of the bare belly typical of an aesthetic that saw in Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera two of the main exponents and interpreters.

What has changed twenty years later and why has this look become so popular that, in every fashion magazine, it is very easy to find stars wearing it?

The first thing that jumps out at you is the transversal nature of the age group: if in the pop decade it was only teenagers who dared to dare, now crop tops and miniskirts have entered the wardrobe of young girls and women over 40: you can therefore see them worn by Zendaya but also by Chiara Ferragni, Nicole Kidman and Anna Dello Russo, to name a few. A sign that the mantra these days is: dress how you want. The same applies on the silhouette front: in the new twenty years, there are no more suitable bodies and less suitable bodies to uncover the skin. At least according to fashion, and according to Miuccia Prada, hyper-reduced looks are suitable for anyone who wants to dare because size limits, as well as moral limits, are made to be broken.

So here is the corp top appearing on over-size models and even, in the last fashion show of the maison, on male models. Another distinctive element with respect to the past is that the appeal of the low-waisted mini-skirt with bare belly button loses the sexualization of its message: it remains provocative but aims at new frontiers to be broken. The declaration of intent is: let’s overcome the limits of gender, age and aesthetic stereotypes. This is the real revolution.