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If there's anyone you can count on to defy the rules of fashion, it's Billie Eilish [3]. When it comes to the warmer months, the general consensus is to wear fewer layers and perhaps more revealing clothing. For Eilish, however, a transitional spring day called for the complete opposite on 31 May when she took to Instagram [4] with a photo dump to close out the month. In a fitting room, she revived the 2000s skirt-over-trousers trend with a shocking amount of layers. For what appeared to be a casual shopping day, Eilish captioned her photo with the division emoji, perhaps reflective of her recent split from singer-songwriter Jesse Rutherford [5]. The 21-year-old musician wore a leopard bra under a mesh top with a camouflage tank over it; a light-brown hooded jacket; a black punk, pleated skirt with red stars layered over black, baggy jeans; and, finally, grey shoes. She completed the look with an array of punk-inspired accessories, including skull-printed, black fingerless gloves; a grey engineer hat; a silver cross necklace; a chain belt; and grey leg warmers — nodding to yet another throwback trend.
The "Everything I Wanted" singer has developed quite the reputation for her goth aesthetic [7], mixing in nostalgic trends along the way. She kicked off the year in a sustainable Renaissance-inspired ensemble by Balmain [8] for Vogue's Climate Change cover and followed up with a vintage nude slip dress [9] for her fragrance line. More recently, she posted a '90s grunge throwback look on Instagram, which consisted of a cropped angel graphic tee [10] and low-rise jeans woven with a rainbow belt. Eilish famously sported the ultimate black naked dress by Simone Rocha [11] over an Agent Provocateur corset while attending the 2023 Met Gala with brother Finneas [12] and channelled a similar vibe in a sheer Rick Owens dress over yet another corset for her last red carpet appearance with Rutherford [13] at the Vanity Fair Oscars party [14] in March.