It Girls In Downtown New York Are Freakishly Obsessed With This Classic Skirt Style

I’ve never been to private school, which is maybe why I am obsessed with the schoolgirl aesthetic. I’ve never met a pleated skirt I didn’t love, especially when paired with knee-high socks and a fun peter pan collar button down top. It is my own personal uniform that makes me feel the most like myself, which is funny, considering it couldn’t look any more different than my real life.

But maybe that’s part of the appeal. I know I’m not alone and I’d blame Sandy Liang, Miu Miu and Prada for that. On their runways models become schoolgirls again, breaking the rules with buttons undone and skirts maybe cut too short. At Miu Miu, models wear their pleated skirts with techncial bathing suits and multiple belts. At Prada, a skirt is suspended from a leather belt with metal rings. At Sandy Liang, pleated skirts can be undone to reveal teeny tiny shorts underneath.