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shopping guide:

Your journey to the perfect skirt

While we could probably get away with certain stuff in our 20’s, as we mature, the body changes and life happens, in all honesty it comes down to practicality.

A short little skirt is cute and if you have a killer pair of pins you could probably pull it off whatever age you are however is it practical?

Your fashion should work for you and not you work for it. A great example I hear more often than not goes a little like this:

“I have this short skirt but I need to wear these leggings and I can only wear it with this fitted top and I have these shoes which i don’t really wear anymore because they hurt my feet and they are all broken now…”

This is when fashion gets too hard! You end up spending way too much time on what you can’t do versus what you could do.

So how do you know what to look for

when buying a skirt?

It is all about cut, fabric, length and your body shape.

Now you should never blame your body because it doesn’t fit in something the way you thought it should. It may just be that you’re simply going for the wrong options. Be open to trying a variety of skirts in all types and then you’ll get a feel for what looks best.

Each skirt type will do something different to your shape and the skirt fabric will have an impact because some will flatter you better than others.

Straight

Square or rectangle in shape and falls from the hips in a straight line. There is no tapering at the hem and fabrics are minimal stretch.

a-line

An A-Line will come in at the waist and fall into a wide triangle base. So if you look at the letter A this is the shape that it holds.

pencil

There's a bit of controversy about if a pencil skirt is the same as a straight skirt. Personally I would say they are different because a pencil is often a stretch type fabric and hugs your curves. They will also often be higher in the waist, it will sit around knee length and it will be tappered in toward the knee.

Courtesy of Pinterest

circle

A circle skirt is called so because of the way that it is cut. If laid flat on the gorund with the waist hole being the centre it will look like a donut and perfect round circle. Usually it's created from soft floaty fabrics and perfect twirling partner.

This style was big in the 1950's but was created way back in the late 1800's.

asymmetrical

This design will be cut on a diagonal at the hem making one side low and the other higher.

mermaid

Just like a fish tale the skirt will flare at the bottom and be very fitted over the hips. You will see this in a lot of wedding dress designs.

mini

Pretty self explanatory in the fact that it is miniature in size and therefore will be the shortest in skirts. Fun fact it rumoured that it was named so after the car.