Thoroughly Modern Milkmaid
Kelli Conway • 07/20/2018
Photo: Vogue
As summer hits its stride, we've been contemplating writing a story about those now-infamous tops that we have been seeing literally everywhere. You know, those blouses with details like puffy sleeves, floral voile prints, and covered buttons. Finally, after plenty of Google image searching, we finally figured out what to call them "modern milkmaid tops", of course. The delicate tops—with their pretty frills and sweetheart necklines—seem to be lifted right out of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, and we just can't get enough of them.
To us, they’re a natural evolution of the off-the-shoulder tops and corset pieces that have been hugely popular over the last few years. But now, it’s the “modern milkmaid tops” that we're officially crowning as the it-top of summer 2018 (and hopefully fall too). If you haven't dipped a toe in this trend pool yet, now's the time! So clear out some of those shoulder-baring numbers of yesteryear and invest in a few of the modern tops (or dresses) we've curated below...