Tutu-Inspired Skirts to Inspire Your Spring/Summer 2025 Moodboard

First worn by OG prima ballerina Marie Taglioni in the 1832 debut of La Sylphide at the Paris Opéra, tutus have been accentuating dancers’ legs for nearly two centuries. The Spring/Summer 2025 collection offered enough spins on the original to outfit an entire three-act ballet, from Simone Rochas’s net pancakes that stick straight out at the hips and Torishéju’s tailored mini-crinis sewn from balled clusters of studio offcuts, to All-In’s crystal-embellished powder puffs and Vaquera’s silk taffeta saucers. Jonathan Anderson was so enamored of the elongating silhouette that he created a series of pert leather tutus at his eponymous JW Anderson label and proposed a pair of twill bells at Loewe.

These looks may be inspired by the architecture of a tutu, but this isn't the trending balletcore of late. If anything, these sculptural skirts defy internet trends and serve as a reminder of the great artistry in fashion design. Like a sculptor carving a statue or a ballerina gliding across a stage with great precision, the popularity of these shapely skirts on the runway emphasizes that, ultimately, luxury design is art in itself. Designers interpreted this silhouette with their unique vision and touch, some leaning into a ballerina's garb like Simone Rocha, while Jonathan Anderson took the dimensions of the skirt and played with its fabric.

This is all reminiscent of another direction fashion is taking in moving away from quiet luxury and minimalism and leaning into the bold and playful. From the Marc Jacobs' Fall/Winter 2025 show playing with the size and scale of everyday clothing items to the modernization of pillbox hats, there is a push for quotidian dressing to get a little livelier. Tiny tutus on the runway evoke the memory of Carrie Bradshaw running around midtown Manhattan like in the Sex and The City intro. And, if there's one thing Carrie can teach, it's that maximalist dressing never goes to waste.

Keep scrolling to see the best tutu-like, short-cut skirt moments on the Spring/Summer 2025 runways.