15 Frilly Tops We Can’t Get Enough Of This Year

Who says that frills only need to be for children? Here are some stylish frilly tops that can be seen at the highest ends of fashion!

It seems that most women shed their ruffly party frocks and frilly tops by the age of 12 (the frilly bat mitzvah? Quelle horreur!). This season, however—and looking forward to the Spring and Pre-Fall collections—the ruffle is the game-changing flourish on dresses, sleeves, and even otherwise sedate trousers. It adds softness to tailoring, movement to minimalist offerings, and always, always a sense of charm and drama, which is essential to survive the holidays.

Here, Vogue Magazine and Vanessa Axente shows how easy it is to be both fabulously frilly and unfathomably fashionable. CATE Blanchett arrived at last night’s Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences New Members Receptionin London (a glittering affair hosted by U.S. Ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, at his home Winfield House) wearingProenza Schouler’s dress of the season.

We cannot emphasis enough that this is the dress that every fashion editor wants to shoot right now, and own by February 2016, and it’s safe to say that Cate killed it in this look. Flamenco frills and the ruffled silhouetteare big news next year – everyone at the Vogue office is also fawning over the spring/summer 2016 Alexander McQueen collection, which was widely received as Sarah Burton’s greatest to date (as sported by Rooney Mara, Blanchett’s co-star in new film, Carol).

The Edgy Frill Flirt

For the edgy flirt, the leather ruffle as dropped sleeve. One of the good frilly tops across the table on a really hot Boxing Day brunch date.

David Koma cady and leather top: $1,500
Céline viscose jersey leather belt skirt: $1,550
Céline Modernist long earrings: $780
Céline frame calfskin boots: $1,200

Add Some Architectural Curves?

How to get the most use from your flouncy Gucci confection of a dress? Forgo the tights and add architectural curves and swells with cropped flares and deconstructed bell sleeves.

Wear The Frill Tank With Slim Pants

You’ll wear this tank with slim trousers or neat capris. You’ll wear this skirt with a soft blouse or cashmere knit. Or you’ll put them together for maximum, voluminous fun.

Romantic Yet Sturdy

You know this Givenchy skirt silhouette from KKW and Nicki M. Make it your own with romantic yet sturdy metallic denim. A whole new spin on pirate chic.

Area lilac metallic denim ruffle top: $725
Area lilac metallic denim ruffle sleeves: $525
Givenchy skirt: $2,660

Elegant Epitome

Fluttery strawberry organza over nude and blush organza: Two very pretty and girly pieces are the epitome of grown-up elegance when layered and then paired with a flat boot.

Gentle Look

A gentle dress sometimes requires a hit of white leather and bold graphics. How to look frilly, not fluffy, in a jiffy.

Miu Miu dress: $2,280
Vivienne Westwood Gold Label frill bikini skirt (worn as cape): price upon request
Proenza Schouler white leather skirt (worn as belt): price upon request

Use Great Charm

The great charm of these two pieces—one a slip, the other a diaphanous muumuu—is that together they make no sense yet total sense. You will always feel happy and pretty in these clothes . . . and that is the whole point of getting dressed, no?

Chloé silk crepon: $9,850
Bill Blass Piper long slip dress: $1,188

Stella McCartney Style

Lettuce-edged knit, tiered silk, flanged trousers: Three brilliant new pieces to wear together or separately through August (and look utterly chic at all times). Investment dressing redefined.

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New Years Eve Sorted

Frills top to bottom and a ball skirt for a bustle. New Year’s Eve, solved.

As for the other six frilly tops, take a look at the garments listed on this link to another Vogue site, giving you all the context and detail you could want.