https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:21:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1927023 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:46:33 +0000 Anonymous 1927023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Give tube skirts a try.&nbsp; I found that&nbsp;I&nbsp;need to&nbsp;size down in tube skirts.&nbsp; Like jeans, they will loosen some when worn.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1927021 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:21:02 +0000 3style 1927021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sterling,<br /> You and I are tuning in on exactly the same brain channel when it comes to all things wardrobe lately.</p> <p> In a previous post about preferences for online or in store (where the discussion turned to sales pressure in stores , and many related topics) I mentioned that I was steered by an SA towards something with the wrong cut, and BIngo! It was a pencil skirt that looks great standing but when I got home I realized that it looked terrible sitting down. I did decided not to keep it. Instead I am going to keep a skirt which is called an a-line by AT but it is not very long or very flared and I’d in a structured fabric that dresses up or down well. Effectively functioning like a pencil skirt without the annoying bunching.<br /> You might like it:<br /> <a href="https://www.anntaylor.com/lace-trim-a-line-skirt/462938" rel="nofollow">https://www.anntaylor.com/lace.....irt/462938</a><br /> [I’m still unclear about mobile finds. I put up some related questions for technical support topic.] </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926776 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:26:22 +0000 Liz 1926776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sterling, when you go back and and look, also try on a size DOWN. Your recent weight loss may have you fooled on what good size is. Pencil skirts should fit well in order not to swivel around your body as you wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926736 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:11:55 +0000 Staysfit 1926736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a stretchy pencil skirt from James Perse. It’s possibly more costly than the Halogen version, but it is thicker, machine washable, almost a tweed like stretch material, and very forgiving of all lumps and bumps underneath. I don’t know you can find anything like that? It’s a great wardrobe staple. Mine is a sort of blah mixed tones taupe color, and it probably also came in black. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926727 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:21:52 +0000 Anonymous 1926727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If the skirt is still there, this evening after work, I am going to buy it. &nbsp;I <i>really liked </i>the fit <i>standing up</i>. &nbsp;If the pockets bother me, I'll sew them up. &nbsp;The problem is that it was a GREAT skirt and they only had one in my size. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926700 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 05:11:04 +0000 Brooklyn 1926700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Sterling! I would also avoid pockets in a pencil skirt. Pockets are nice but I think they work better with an A-line skirt, flared skirt or tulip skirt. I think you need to accept a bit of wrinkling when you sit down, as long as it falls out again when you stand up. I hate it when the creases stay! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926695 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 04:54:36 +0000 Anonymous 1926695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You have much good advice. I like pencil skirts above all others, but would avoid pockets or sewing them shut. Pencil or tube skirts are best for skinny legs like mine. If you can wear a wider skirt! That may be a solution. A knife pleat skirt is a good compromise and looks good on a variety of figures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926557 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:26:51 +0000 LaPed 1926557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it straightens back out when you stand up, I don't think bunching when you sit down is a big deal. Lumpy pockets do bother me -- I tend to reject anything with pockets that don't behave well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926553 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:41:31 +0000 unfrumped 1926553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find this both size and just the luck of the cut of pencil skirt. Of course mine wil scrunch some when I sit as I am bending that part of body. I don’t try to avoid that because I don’t want tight stretchy fits, but skimming fits.<br /> The thing I have to test for is the skirt shimmying up when I walk. That’s a deal- breaker and may be fixed by sizing up or need a better “ curve” to the skirt.<br /> I find many photos of pencil skirts on people or models, say Pinterest, or “ celebrities “, are fitted way more tightly and wrinkly across the tummy or crotch than I think looks good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926520 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:33:31 +0000 Angie 1926520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What<b> Janet</b> said. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926513 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:50:38 +0000 JAileen 1926513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it looks nice when you’re standing, but scrunches when you sit, who cares? Aren’t you at a table or desk anyway? I’d rather have pockets, personally. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926507 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:38:17 +0000 Suz 1926507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wool or cotton with a bit of stretch might also work. But definitely avoid pockets.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Halogen seamed pencil skirt was a forum favourite for years. They used to make it in dozens of colours. But I'm not sure if it is still available. Lovely, hard-wearing skirt.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926504 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:32:44 +0000 delurked 1926504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pencil skirts are so tough for me, as they are very unforgiving of weight fluctuations. I have one in my closet I’ve had for several years and never worn. That’s why I was happy to find one from BR earlier this year that looks close to a pencil style, but has more ease with the fabric like a tube skirt. Sorry I can’t advise. I do know you are feeling called to find one for work situations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926457 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:51:55 +0000 Anonymous 1926457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes <b>Becky</b>.&nbsp; I learned the hard way that I always favor one color over the other.&nbsp; Thank you for reminding me though.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926455 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:50:30 +0000 Becky 1926455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also avoid pockets and only wear pencil skirts with stretch.</p> <p>I love how you are catching yourself in the act of rationalization! I also sometimes rationalize duplication, but what keeps me from actually doing it is realizing that one color will almost invariably be more versatile for me in my wardrobe that another, so usually I pass on the second color. Will that exercise work for you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926452 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:46:18 +0000 Liz 1926452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>When sitting, "there was a tightening up and scrunchiness that appeared along the lower abdomen."</div><div><br /></div><div>This sounds normal to me. I can't think of any garment that is fitted through the abdomen and hips that wouldn't do this when you sat down in it. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As for the pockets, I'd sew them shut or look for. a style without them. <br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926451 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:46:13 +0000 Anonymous 1926451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Anne</b> - The scrunching disappeared when I stood up again.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Lesson One:&nbsp; Avoid pockets for this style of skirt.<br />Lesson Two:&nbsp; Look for nice stretch ponte fabric.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am actually wearing a black stretch ponte skirt that I bought at Nordstrom years ago.&nbsp; Wears like iron.&nbsp; Washes GREAT.&nbsp; Always looks fabulous.&nbsp; I'll see if I can find this same skirt and size down.&nbsp; I may buy two in different colors.&nbsp; That sounds like a duplication ... but I have always had two pencil skirts in my wardrobe for work purposes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><i>See how I immediately and seamlessly rationalized the duplication of an item. It happens in a flash.&nbsp; Almost like breathing.&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926445 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:38:15 +0000 Cardiff girl 1926445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pockets and pencils do not go together and you wouldn’t put anything in the pockets any way as it would spoil the line of the skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926439 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:31:18 +0000 Elizabeth P 1926439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, avoid pockets.&nbsp; My favourite pencil skirts are stretch ponte ones. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926420 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:00:16 +0000 Janet 1926420@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that is the nature of pencil skirts with pockets. I'd personally avoid pockets on that style, but I do that anyway because they emphasize my hips.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926419 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:59:31 +0000 anne 1926419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think avoiding pockets might be part of the answer!<br /> Also, did the scrunching go away when you stood up again? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/assessing-the-fit-of-skirts#post-1926416 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:52:45 +0000 Anonymous 1926416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been trying on skirts this past week at WHBM and Ann Taylor.&nbsp; I have yet to buy any and this try-on is purely experimental.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I don't wear a lot of skirts, but I do need to have at least one skirt in my wardrobe for meetings.&nbsp; I was experimenting with&nbsp;<u>pencil skirts</u>.&nbsp; </p> <p>They looked <u>great standing</u> but when I sat down something happened.&nbsp; There was a tightening up and scrunchiness that appeared along the lower abdomen.&nbsp; The pockets that had laid perfectly flat when standing puckered, opened, and looked stretched.&nbsp; When I tried one size larger, the skirt slide off my body.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Pencil skirts can really bring the visual focus to the lower abdomen.&nbsp; Buy one size up and have it tailored?&nbsp; Assume I haven't tried on enough and keep looking?&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>