H&M Just Dropped a $50 Version of the Fall Runways' Most Dominant Skirt Trend

I didn't think a skirt trend would come around for seasons that made as big a splash as Miu Miu's micro mini from spring/summer 2022, but already, a vastly different style has taken its place at the top of fashion's priority list. Spotted at Prada, Bottega Veneta, Christopher Kane, Brandon Maxwell—must I go on?—and more shows during the fall/winter 2022 season, voluminous A-line skirts have become one of 2023's most dominant trends.

To help compensate for the fact that straight-off-the-runway picks are more often than not out of many people's price ranges, I went searching for options that look the part but won't break the bank. And after a good deal of scrolling, I found the perfect fit: a $50 gorgeously balloon-like skirt from H&M that's miraculously still in stock in every size and 100% capable of getting you the Prada look for a whole lot less. Below, shop my discovery from H&M and more runway-inspired voluminous skirts. 

Prada helped to kick off this trend with knee-length wool skirts that billowed out, paired with blazers and menswear-inspired knits. 

More voluminous skirts on the runway: 

These bright, fringe-embellished skirts packed a mega punch on the runway at Bottega Veneta. Speaking for myself, they're not pieces you forget about. 

Stunning doesn't even begin to describe the circle skirts presented at Brandon Maxwell's F/W 22 show, most of which were crafted out of this wrinkled ivory fabric. 

This look perfectly combines menswear and womenswear aesthetics with the Mary Janes, baby-pink bag, and '50s-style skirt contrasting with the oversize sweater. 

The side angle really does this space-consuming leather skirt justice—am I right?

How we went from the tiniest miniskirts, well, ever to voluminous skirts like this one from Christopher Kane isn't for me to pinpoint. All I can say is that I'm not mad about it one bit. 

New H&M pieces to shop:

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