https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:28:51 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226554 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:06:25 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1226554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that its a shape thing - I haven't owned a pleated skirt in a long time, but the ones that don't have the pleats stitched down to the hip, forget about it! Just doesn't work for those of us with a big rear and high hips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226512 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:32:38 +0000 Von 1226512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies, I definitely see how stitched down would make a huge difference, but any replacement skirt will definitely need to be scrutinized in a dressing room!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226464 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:49:52 +0000 Angie 1226464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Von, I echo what Janet and Diana said. The pleats aren't stitched down which causes major pouf. That will be the same when you size up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226462 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:43:47 +0000 Diana 1226462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, this is a maxi skirt but something in this style tends to work better because the pleats are stitched down around the top.</p> <p><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/clothes-skirts/4120580814067.jsp?cm_sp=Grid-_-4120580814067-_-Regular_10" rel="nofollow">http://www.anthropologie.com/a.....Regular_10</a></p> <p></p> <p>ETA: this one looks like the back is mostly one flat panel with some pleats at the side:</p> <p><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/clothes-skirts/4120024094308.jsp?cm_sp=Grid-_-4120024094308-_-Regular_13" rel="nofollow">http://www.anthropologie.com/a.....4120024094</a></p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226459 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:38:15 +0000 Janet 1226459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fabrication makes a big difference too. Anything light and drapey will do this less than a heavier or stiffer fabric. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226458 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:37:05 +0000 Von 1226458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you two may be right.&nbsp; I've never even tried on a skirt like this because of my fears, and didn't really realize this one had so many butt pleats.&nbsp; Bubble butt is an understatement.</p> <p>I'm not so sure about the other one either, because&nbsp; it looks less pleated but may poof just as bad. I need a skirt that's like this in the front and a pencil skirt in back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226453 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:30:36 +0000 Diana 1226453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree with Janet that it's just a function of the style of skirt.&nbsp; I find that I prefer heavily pleated skirts if they a)sit low on the hips so the pleats start lower down (not so much bubble butt then) and b) have stitched-down pleats, which don't pouf as much.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226443 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:23:57 +0000 Janet 1226443@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not Angie, but I think this is just a danger of that style of skirt. (Exactly why I never wear them, but not because of the behind so much as the hips.) Sizing up in the waist may help, but if you want to wear this style, I think you have to make peace with a rear view that is perhaps a bit more, um, full than you normally appear! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-just-not-my-best-skirt-or-too-small#post-1226436 Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:13:30 +0000 Von 1226436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't go for flared skirts at all, but I thought I'd give this one a try. Ordered from a place online that does custom measurements.&nbsp; I didn't have it customized because it seemed like it would fit.&nbsp; In actuality, it's very tight at the waist, and I'm pretty sure it's doing all sorts of bad things in the back.&nbsp; I don't like what I see going on with those pleats and my butt!&nbsp; It looks double it's usual size! (oh the horrors!!!)</p> <p>I'm wondering if I go up a size, will the back be better, or if I should just stick to pencil skirts and skirts flared at the bottom. The back of this skirt is my worst nightmare, but I really, really love how the front looks. </p> <p>As an alternative, I've also been eyeballing this skirt, which isn't as heavily pleated. Maybe it would work better? <br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/176105465/new-the-shavon-african-print-100-holland?ref=shop_home_active_2" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1.....ome_active</a></p>