I didn’t think I was in the market for a ‘sexy milkmaid’ top. However, it turns out that a romantic cotton top with puffed sleeves, a sweetheart neckline and drawstring to create shape, plus an array of adorable extras like broderie, pintucking or lace details, is the exact description that fits ‘sexy milkmaid’ in June 2025.
Trust me when I say this boho-leaning and flattering little top is about to take over summer 2025, and in some quarters already has. It’s the style of choice for Sarah Jessica Parker – and her alter ego Carrie Bradshaw in season three of And Just Like That – who floats around New York in sheer, pretty ruffles and flouncy layers.
All the ingredients of a great everyday fancy top are baked into the ‘sexy milkmaid’: puffed sleeves that cover the upper arms, a relaxed neckline that frames and shapes the décolletage (this in turn flatters the face), and finally all the best ones come in light cotton fabrications that are breathable and natural.
Our edit leans to an expresso version of a full-on milkmaid, the Flossie from Nobody’s Child and Boden’s cutwork notch top are personal favourites, but Mint Velvet’s and Topshop’s versions will also deliver the boho mood of the season in a relaxed way, without you needing to do anything more than swapping out your T-shirt for one of them, and wear with your usual jeans, shorts, skirts – whatever.
And that’s something I can get behind.
