Try wearing a skirt in 2025 without the internet having an opinion about it. Good luck. Celebrity steps out, skirt on, boom — discourse. Olga Rodina rounded up the week's boldest skirt moments and what happened next was less fashion review, more aesthetic pileup. I mean it. Three women, three very different ideas of what a skirt can do to you.
Bruchunova: Grandma's Closet, But Make It Cool
Eva Bruchunova walked in looking like she'd time-traveled from someone's attic and I mean that with affection. Retro skirt, the kind that says "I've been stylish since before your birth certificate was signed," white ankle socks doing their quiet little rebellion. Those socks are the whole personality of the outfit, honestly. You put them on and suddenly you're a person with opinions. Rodina flagged it as a standout and yeah, she's right. There's this childlike nerve in throwing vintage together with something so deliberately silly. Why does it work? No idea. It just does.
Pogrebnyak: Mini + Golf Shorts = Chaos Theory
Then Maria Pogrebnyak goes and does the thing. Mini skirt, golf shorts on top. Golf shorts. Like, the ones you wear to pick up bread and forget about by noon. But she wears them like someone tore the rulebook and used the scraps for origami. Rodina pointed out the layering, the unexpectedness of it. Shouldn't function. Functions beautifully. Why is that? Probably because rules were never really built for people like her.
Sobchak: Lace That Stares Back
Ksenia Sobchak and fabric choices. She picks lace the way other people pick breakfast — casually, without apology. Not whisper-soft lace either. No. The kind of lace that looks at you and waits. Rodina put this look in the top tier and you get it immediately. Is she being courageous or does she simply not register your discomfort? Both, I suspect. Always both with her.
What Ties Them Together?
Nothing obvious. That's the entire point. Rodina's list isn't a formula, it's a dare. A skirt can be nostalgia dressed in irony, it can be sporty defiance, it can be lace that functions as a kind of armor. Three women, one garment, three completely separate conversations with the world. The real thing here? Skirts right now don't ask permission. They show up and make you shift in your seat. The good ones, anyway.
