Finding and understanding your body type

Pencil skirt fit?

ChristineB

Hi all, I'm sorry I haven't been around much the last few months. My family just completed a move to a new city, we've been settling in, job hunting, unpacking, all that good stuff. Oh, and my camera is lost in a box somewhere. I must be getting close to finding it because the boxes are diminishing greatly.

Anyway, I have a third interview (with a company that I hope hires me) on Friday, and I want to wear my black pencil skirt & black blazer. I made the skirt myself, and it's a little big, so I'm taking it in this week. The waistband will sit at my natural waist, and will hit just above the knee. My question is how a pencil skirt is supposed to fit. I'm SO used to everything being big in the waist that I'm really not sure how things are supposed to be. My widest part is my thighs, right where my legs hit my butt, kwim? Should the skirt be fairly fitted to there (my widest part) & then fall straight down? I wish I could take pictures so you know what I mean. Any pictures, especially of pear & hourglass ladies, would be very helpful too.

Thanks!

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5 Replies

Posted 6 months ago
shiny

Does this help?

http://www.anntaylor.com/catal.....amp;loc=LN

From what I can gather, pencil skirts can either go straight down from the widest part, or they can taper in slightly towards the bottom. I suspect if you want to minimize the widest part the former is better than the latter. Me, I like to look as curvy as possible on my bottom half so a slightly tapered skirt is welcome.

Posted 6 months ago
Inge (website)

I think Shiny might be right Christine. And I wanted to say welcome back, I had been wondering how you were doing. Glad to hear you and your family are settling in and good luck on Friday. (holding thumbs)!

Posted 6 months ago
Angie (website)

Spot on, Shiny. Welcome back, Christine!

Posted 6 months ago
yublocka (website)

Welcome back Christine! Glad to hear that your move went well!! Good luck in the interview!! I can't really help out with the pencil skirt advice because I don't wear them, but I am so impressed you are making yours!!!

Posted 6 months ago
Kari (website)

Hi Christine! I was wondering what you had been up to. Hope the interview turns out well!

I have pretty ample hips and a relatively smaller but short waist, so I know that a pencil skirt will look pretty tapered on me. I tend to purchase skirts that look pretty straight on the rack because they end up looking much more pencil-y on my body. this is what a straighter skirt looks like on me, and this is what a skirt that looks slightly tapered on the rack looks like. (I don't mind accentuating my curves sometimes.) Hope that helps some.

Posted 6 months ago