Announcing Dress of the Year 2022

News
We’re thrilled to reveal that a pleated micro mini skirt worn with a cropped cotton shirt and cable knit sweater has been selected by Kenya Hunt, Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK as the Fashion Museum’s Dress of the Year 2022.
Image: A micro miniskirt paired with a scissored blue cotton shirt and a cropped grey cable knit cashmere sweater.

Famously known in the fashion world as the Miu Miu skirt set, the midriff-baring look features a light brown cotton twill micro mini skirt paired with a slashed blue cotton shirt and a cropped grey cable knit cashmere sweater. The outfit is accessorised with a brown leather belt, branded underwear, grey ribbed socks and brown and white leather sling back shoes.

First seen on the Spring/Summer 2022 runway, designer Miuccia Prada created a viral fashion moment with the low-waisted micro mini skirt becoming instantly iconic for its extreme proportions, Y2K style and reworking of the classic foundations of dress. The skirt set achieved internet-breaking status in 2022 with variations worn by everyone from Hailey Bieber and Zendaya to Chiara Ferragni and Nicole Kidman.

The cropped co-ord featured in every major fashion editorial and on countless feeds spawning a thousand social media memes as the most hardworking outfit in fashion. A viral sensation, it even has its own Instagram account @miumiuset created by New York based virtual stylist Ashley Langholtz documenting its many public appearances.

Find out more about this standout outfit on the Dress of the Year webpage.