I've had this skirt in my closet for years, and I love the fabric, colors, shape and print. However, it was rather poorly designed as a wrap skirt without enough overlap so I was always having to hold it closed in any sort of breeze, arrange it just so when I sat down, etc. Plus, the waistband is super slippery so the ties tend to slip down and around all the time. I don't know why it took me so long to figure out that I could make two tiny alterations and fix all that! All I did was to sew the bottom of the wrap closed (to make it into a faux wrap), leaving just enough open at the top to be able to put on the skirt, and add a hook and eye at the waist to hold it shut without having to rely on the slippery ribbon tie, and voila! Now the skirt is wearable!

I also have a question about the shoes. They are my Dansko sandals that I haven't worn at all this summer yet. I do like the way they look on my feet, but I wonder if they look too small. My toes slide forward when I walk as I've tried to show you on my right foot in the close-up. The left foot is how the shoe fits at rest. So the footbed is not actually too short, but appears so. All sandals with separate front bands tend to do this to some extent on me because of my low volume feet. In any case, I wouldn't want the fronts to be tighter (which I think is the only way to stop my feet from sliding forward in this style of shoe) because then they will rub the tops of my toes. Anyway, does this look terrible? Keep in mind it only happens when I walk, not when I'm sitting or standing. Do you notice the fit of feet in shoes on people when they're walking, or more when they're at rest?

My Naot platforms and my Born ankle strap shoes both do the foot sliding thing too, by the way, but both are actually slightly too long for my foot so the overhang when my foot slides is not as much as on these.

I am wearing: Gap tee, Anthro skirt, and Dansko sandals