Maxi skirt

A skirt crafted in silk crepe de chine, printed with a tonal botanical motif inspired by a nocturnal garden. The silhouette is defined by soft draping through the front, creating fluid movement and dimension. Designed to be styled with tops from the collection or layered with textured outerwear.

Alaïa's tailoring follows the line of the body, and this skirt holds to it from waist to ankle. Cut from light wool in black, it runs in long panel seams below a smooth yoke, with two deep pockets set proud at the hip. Those pockets give the column its only width.

Floor-length skirt in washed silk satin with side seam pockets and concealed center back zipper closure with interior grosgrain trim.

A floral Jacobean print complements the flowing silhouette of this linen maxi skirt. Cut on the bias for fluid movement, the skirt is shaped with an elasticated waistband and paired with a removable leather belt detailed with gold beads.

We took the fluid satin responsible for our best-selling bias pant and reimagined it as this floor-sweeping column skirt, also cut on the bias so it drapes like a dream.

A bias cut gives this velvet skirt its fall: full length, softly gathered at the hem, hung from a neat elasticated waistband. The pile is fluid rather than dense, so the fabric moves in one piece instead of breaking into folds. Róhe at its plainest, and the better for it.

Blumarine builds this floor-length skirt from five tiers of fine plissé, each seam edged with a small gathered ruffle. A smooth, fitted yoke holds the hip before the pleats open out, and the last tier falls into a deep, layered flounce that moves with every step.

Cut in black, it keeps its drama in the texture.

Johanna Ortiz gathers a spray of hand-drawn flowers low on one side of the hem, poppies and hibiscus in red and blush rising on slender olive stems. The skirt is cut from silk in a soft A-line and finished at the waist with a narrow velvet band. Above the flowers the black is left plain, so the print carries the piece.