Can I wear this long skirt?

pastrygirl

I used to live in long, ankle-length skirts. Then I outgrew them when I gained weight, and by then, long skirts were passé. Over the past couple of weeks, I started wanting a long skirt again for winter. Today I found one that I liked, and then when I styled it, I fell in love! Can I get away with it? I'm 5'7, FWIW. Thanks!!

ETA: Oops, guess I have to wait a bit to post photos! Will try again in a couple of days!

12 years ago

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Fruitful

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You can post a link if you host the photo elsewhere (like Flickr). hth!

12 years ago

pastrygirl

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Thanks! Here's an album with three new skirts I got today -- one very long, one midi, and one just over knee-length (is that also midi?). I'm surprised how much I like the long skirt with the long cardigan. Does it work?

The third pic is just the skirt (and T), without styling. The one after that has a dark red belt above the skirt, since the skirt starts kind of low (I'm between sizes).

http://s981.photobucket.com/al.....?start=all

12 years ago

Fruitful

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Pastrygirl, you have a great sense of style and I agree the long skirt looks awesome on you. Even without styling the lines are nice clean curves on your figure. In fact the scarf interrupts those clean curves for me. Yet with the shorter midi, the belt and scarf are great (I love that skirt too!).

Great choices and I think you know what works for you ^_^

12 years ago

Midwest Girl

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Pastrygirl - You've got some great outfits in your photo album. I think you can pull off the long skirt since your tall. My favorite looks on you though were the knee length, and you look fantastic in the slacks with the long sweater--your legs looked a mile long.

12 years ago

pastrygirl

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Thanks! It's a strange thing, trying on stuff that I would never normally wear together, and seeing that it works. My new fashion motto is going to be "try, try, try!"

Fruitful -- yeah, I've gone a little scarf crazy! I have yet to wear one IRL, so I'm definitely in trial-and-error mode. I hadn't thought about interrupted lines before, so I'll keep that in mind!

Midwest Girl -- those are two pieces I never, ever would have bought, even just three weeks ago! I always thought that pear meant no long sweaters. I'm glad to be branching out and testing the waters...!

12 years ago

Kafe

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Your outfits all look great to me. I love the long skirt look on you.

12 years ago

modgrl

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The long skirt looks ok to my eye, but I really like all of the other outfits you posted better than that one.I think the midi length that's a little shorter with the boots and especially the OTK boot outfits are really great on you.

12 years ago

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