Skirting the issue!

What are your feelings regarding skirts?  

Do you wear them, and if so when and where?
Time for a fashion post.

I've noticed skirts are fashion's darling once again now that spring is on the way. 
After months of huddling in pants of every description, it seems the time has
 come to feel fresh air on our legs and ready ourselves for summer days in
 shorts, or at my age, a neat cropped trouser! I will wear longer to the knee
 shorts working in the garden or at the beach, but the days of true short shorts
 and 'hot pants' are just fun youthful memories.

But which length skirts are best?

Remember back in the day of dictated skirt lengths when

'to be in fashion' meant we all wore maxi, midi, at the knee,

or the audacious thigh-high mini skirt. 

Hemlines went up and down almost overnight. I tried them all as each

 length was in style, sometimes even shortening hems to get more wear

 out of a longer style when suddenly a shorter one became de rigeur.

Today, thank goodness, any length of skirt is in style.

We no longer allow the fashion houses to tell us what to wear.

We can now feel comfortable in anything we choose to wear 

without feeling 'out of style'.  How much better is that.

Of course designers will always design new clothes.

Those tall, slim, highly paid models will sashay down the runways

in high fashion.

Then high street versions of what are often ridiculous styles for

 everyday living for 90% of us, will arrive at the mall as each

new season comes knocking.

All above skirts ~ ZARA

I do like some of the new, what I call 'flimsy' fuller, often pleated, mid-calf  

skirts. I can see wearing them on a warm spring or hot summer 

evening. I also love the idea of not having to wear really high heels

with them. Flat sandals or a stylish or even classic sneaker pairs up

well with many skirts.

The classic narrow black midi length skirt below is perhaps my personal favorite.

I have a similar one in a heavy waffled cotton knit with an elastic/adjustable tie

waistband and deep walking slit in the back. This skirt (from JJill and looks as

 good as the day I bought it) I've worn for many years with boots, both tall or short,

 and loafers in winter, or with summer sandals, and of course with sneakers any time. 

This post came about following a closet clean out last week!

I found several skirts I haven't worn in a while and decided to 

play with them in new ways, putting together some really different

looks. Yes, I may be older but I still love fashion and always will.

Will you be buying any skirts for spring, or like me,

do you have some hiding in the back of your closet?

If so, pull 'em out and play with them, it's fun, and you may end up

 sashaying through your grocery store feeling a cut above all those 

same old jeans and leggings walking up and down the aisles!

For my trip to the beauty salon this week, a warm and sunny day, I wore

 a 'flimsy' but lined, olive, coral and black print midi length skirt, a mid-weight

long-sleeved olive sweater, and my olive safari vest.

On my feet, clunky but comfy, khaki suede/leather oxfords picked up a few

 years back in Barcelona.

I felt like a million bucks even though nothing was new.

I just mixed things up in a new way!

The biggest secret I'll share with you is the skirt. . . . . . it was my dear 

mother's about twenty years ago! (For the Brits reading this - it's from M&S).

I love it and it's back in style!

This evening we're off to a local restaurant for a wine tasting with a friend's 

a capella group providing live music.

What to wear? It's warm again so a skirt may be in the mix - off to the closet 

right now!

Your fabulous 'skirt stories' shared with us here will be welcomed.

Thanks for the kind comments you left on yesterday's 12th blogging anniversary post.