Emily Blunt wears Self-Portrait monochrome look on Seth Meyers

Emily Blunt made the bubble hem look newly polished on Late Night With Seth Meyers, wearing a black Self-Portrait cropped top with a softly puffed hem and high-waisted pants, then finishing the monochrome look with pointed Giuseppe Zanotti pumps and minimal accessories. The result was sharp, not sugary: just enough volume to nod to the early-2000s revival without losing the clean line that makes an outfit work on television and beyond.

Blunt wore the look in New York City on Wednesday, June 10, during Season 13, Episode 107 of the NBC late-night show. She was there to promote Disclosure Day, the sci-fi thriller directed by Steven Spielberg that opened in U.S. theaters on June 12. The styling mattered because it did what the best celebrity press-tour dressing does: it made a distinct silhouette feel easy to wear.

That is exactly where the bubble hem is finding fresh footing again. In its new form, the shape is being stripped of excess and recut in controlled, minimalist pieces that can move from daytime appearances to evening events without a wardrobe change. On Blunt, the effect came from the contrast between the cropped, rounded top and the long, high-waisted pant, a proportion play that kept the look refined rather than overly nostalgic.

Self-Portrait is a smart vehicle for that kind of comeback. Han Chong founded the London label in 2013, and the brand has built its reputation on accessible contemporary womenswear with a fashion-editor’s eye for detail. Here, the brand’s bubble hem read less like a throwback and more like a tidy update on statement volume, especially in black, where every seam and curve feels more deliberate.

Giuseppe Zanotti, founded in Italy in 1994, brought the last note of polish. The pointed pumps sharpened the silhouette and kept the outfit in monochrome territory, which is why the whole look felt so resolved. Blunt did not lean on ornament or extra styling tricks; she let the shape do the talking. That restraint is what makes the bubble-hem return feel relevant again: the drama is back, but it is being edited for real life.