THElucid, adherent, winking: forget vinyl skirt ever. In the new season it changes skin and abandons the rock and sexy imagery to rediscover itself more elegant, measured, even sophisticated.
The secret? Combinations that were unlikely until yesterday. The volumes expand, the styling becomes decisive: thus a new grammar of style brings the vinyl skirt back to the center of next season’s trends.
Where we have already seen it
Born in sixties In the wake of the mod revolution, the vinyl skirt quickly became emblem of bold and provocative femininity. From Courrèges to Saint Laurent, passing through the fetish imagery relaunched in the nineties, the shiny material has marked a powerful aesthetic, from The Matrix to Mr. & Mrs. Smith in the early 2000s. Symbol of seduction and controlthe vinyl skirt was long confined to the evening wardrobe, for those who dared.
From the Resort 2026 collection by Adam Lippers.
Today, however, it changes tone. In Resort 2026 of Adam Lippes re-emerges in a sophisticated key: midi, wheellow-waisted and in a deep burgundy mirrored.
How to tame the vinyl skirt
In the look designed by Adam Lippes the transformation is evident: the burgundy vinyl skirt, wide and structured, is tamed by a Beige windproof jacket with a high neck folded on itself and slightly dropped shoulders. Below, a black turtleneck essential and ballerina leggings. On your feet, ballet flats with square heels and that’s it.
Ready-to-replicate styling by Adam Lippers.
No excess, no concession to fetish imagery. The winning strategy is precisely this: combining vinyl with items belonging to an opposite universelike sports. It works with a men’s blazer oversized, with a Shirt in poplin candid, with a bon ton cardigan or even with a sweatshirt clean and structured.
The contrast between shiny and opaque, between volume and discipline, is the new style key for Spring-Summer 2026.
