People tend to throw around the word iconic these days, but puff sleeves are one of the few styles worthy of the accolade. Throughout history, heads of state and fashion icons from Queen Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor have rocked the trend, which reached its apogee in Princess Dianas unforgettable wedding dress the designs for which were locked in a safe to keep any details from leaking to the press.

That royal wedding day may have been puff sleeves finest moment, but the look has been around since at least the 16th century. Once known as leg-of-mutton sleeves (or gigot sleeves, which derives from the French term for leg of lamb) because their shape resembled a sheeps hind leg, they were destined to make a comeback time and time again.