Clergy Girls!
I found a nice, long skirt for weddings that you can wear with a nice fitted blazer and a stole and look great for weddings at the local country club if you don’t want to wear a robe!
I have a skirt this color that I bought eons ago from a hippie shop in that groovy little artist’s colony in Pennsylvania (the name escapes me) and I have worn it to pieces. I wish to the heavens that Urban Outfitters sold this in an XL because I would snap one right up. I find that that color works with black or ivory or brown or whatever you want to put on top. I LOVE that it drapes so simply and is formal enough to wear to a wedding. You can wear some sort of neutral shoe with it (buff, ivory, or a black shoe that isn’t too heavy, dressy brown sandals, metallic).
These two by UO are also really nicely done:
(Just great for work)
Long skirts that fit beautifully and aren’t frumpy!! It CAN be done!
I’ll take one of each.
It is such a shame this doesn’t come in Petite -UO would have a sale.
I ADORE long skirts . . . particularly with stilletos (I am the only minister I know who wears them) or high-heeled boots . .
Dr. Elizabeth, I’m another stilleto wearer…but if I’m going long I have to go floor-length, I’m so short these would make me look like a potato sack tied in the middle…I don’t think the pleats would do me much of a favor either, with a middle-aged tummy…but they ARE pretty!
I don’t care for the gray one, but I think it’s a function of the sandals the stylist paired it with. I wouldn’t have thought of the buff skirt as a neutral–must reconsider.
Dear Peebs – I must say I was surprised to see these recommendations. To my (admittedly untrained) eye, these don’t look much different from skirts you’ve said “drown” the wearer in fabric. What’s different?
Signed,
Confused
[Peebs!! LOL!! Okay, let me explain. The “drown-the-wearer-in-fabric” skirts are A-lines. They have much more fabric at the hips and down the thighs, and are just generally too full to be flattering on anyone. They must be easier to make or something, and they’re super dowdy. These are not A-line but simply long column skirts (one is sort of a long tulip skirt with a slight flare at the bottom but see how fitted it is around the hips? Even a fat girl like me looks way better in that, PROVIDED that I cover my lower-abdomen and butt well!) The killer with skirts is when they just have too much fabric swathing the body. These, being of a light material and a much prettier, more figure-revealing cut, move with the body but provide enough coverage for ministerial modesty. Does that help? – PB]
Thanks for the note. I think I’m getting it – though the gathered skirt up top is still pretty full. It takes me a long time to “get” a fashion change – like when skirts became generally shorter and anything past the calf was dowdy. Of course they were going to come back down SOME time. After I had my fave skirt shortened – the one with the big monarch butterflies I got at the church tag sale. *sigh*
Hi –
I’m 5’2″, and generally stay away from long skirts because I’m concerned I’ll look like I’m playing dress up in my mom’s clothes.
I wind up wearing a lot of pants, but would really love to wear a longer skirt. any advice?
[If you’re short and petite, it’s just a matter of finding a long skirt that stays close enough to your body, which you should be able to find fairly easily. J. Jill petites offer beautiful, flowing maxi-skirts that I think would be gorgeous on a small woman. And the proportions are so important: what you wear up top has to be tailored. Let me post in this! Thanks for the good question. – PB]
I’m just going to say it: ick! I’m going to pass on these. I don’t get it. And I am not a big fan of elastic waistbands.
Of the three, I like the gray one the best. If I could see the first and last skirts WITH an awesome blazer, I might be persuaded.
Tough crowd! Tough crowd! I will say this: if I was a thin woman, I would probably not give these a look.