This post will show you everything you need to know about the cut out fashion trend in 2021.

It’s hot girl summer! (In more ways than one, the main one being it’s so hot!)

Summer is my favorite time of the year, mostly because I’m on vacation, but it does come with some drawbacks. Constantly reapplying sunscreen, touching up my ~glow~ with powder, keeping my hair in a pony tail all the time, the list goes on.

But especially as someone who loves styling, summer can seem a little less exciting than other seasons. Mostly because we’re just wearing less clothes so there’s less to style. In truth, though, it’s just as exciting if not more, because the key to the perfect summer wardrobe is picking standout pieces. The little that you do wear, make sure it’s show stopping.

No one delivered quite like Cult Gaia in 2021, with its now-iconic cut out dress. The design has inspired a wave of cut out pieces that are taking over the summer. Stars everywhere have embraced cutout pieces, from Jordana Brewster’s gorgeous F9 Premiere dress to Hailey Bieber meeting the President of France Emanuel Macron in a controversial halter top cut out dress.

But no one turned heads more than, well, could it be any one but Kim Kardashian? Kim wore a cut out sheer cross-inspired dress to the Vatican earlier this week, and as expected caused quite the commotion.

By now it’s pretty clear that the cut out fashion trend is the go-to style for the summer, no matter the occasion.

You don’t have to be on the way to meet heads of State or entering a religious institution to wear cut outs. (Kim did actually follow the dress codes in the places she visited, BTW.)

The pieces below will make you stand out, keep cool and be perfectly on trend. My favorites are the colorful knit cut out dresses — the most 2021 you can get in an outfit, if you ask me.