https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 12:24:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-420056 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:31:08 +0000 Katja 420056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wrote this (OMG) 6 years ago: <a href="http://journal.brokenclay.org/wp_archives/2005/08/13/nine-black-skirts/">Nine Black Skirts</a>.</p> <p>What's sort of scary is that I still have five of them, including the leather dirndl skirt, which I've been staring at recently now that I've found a seamstress who does alterations. I probably haven't worn it in 20 years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419871 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:50:20 +0000 Anonymous 419871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the simplicity of dresses. Many of mine have a lot of color and pattern. Pop one on and I'm ready to go! </p> <p>Skirts seem much more complicated to me. Plus there's the whole issue of keeping a top tucked in. Skirts are scary! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419861 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:26:19 +0000 Mo 419861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Alicat, I think you're the only gal I know who has dresses but no skirts! Any particular reason why? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419845 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:03:50 +0000 Anonymous 419845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't own any skirts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419803 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:35:47 +0000 Beth 419803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only two. One is the seabed Halogen skirt and the other is a dressier chiffon evening skirt. They serve very different purposes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419793 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:11:17 +0000 ButterflyLady 419793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like all your skirts, particularly the ruffled chiffon one and the flounce one. It looks like the flounce one, if it's a sort of medium weight, would be great for pretty much three seasons, depending on shoes etc.</p> <p>I have .... ONE black skirt (but I only have 5 skirts in total, and two of those are going to be donated ... ) - I wore it with boots when I did teaching practice at a school with a formal dress code, and I think I may have worn it to a funeral It doesn't take up much space, so I am hanging on to it.</p> <p>But all your skirts are very different 'looks' so I think it's acceptable to have that many. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419784 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:47:37 +0000 Happyschinken 419784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One black pencil skirt - I prefer dresses. But if you wear your black skirts regularly, why not get more? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419767 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:53:33 +0000 Mander 419767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear. I think I have many, many black skirts. Like 15, I think? These are the ones I can remember off the top of my head:</p> <p>Jersey maxi length, a heavy knit pencil skirt, a semi-flouncy one with a kind of chiffon overlay that matches my suit jacket, a pleated one in a heavy woven fabric, an a-line one, a couple of pencil types with slightly different pin stripes, I think I still have a midi-length mermaid-esque one with hot pink pin stripes, a light cotton one with silver embroidery and little mirrors (sort of boho/Indian style), a close fitting ankle-length jersey with a long slit in the front, a stretchy flared one, an a-line made from an odd raincoat-like fabric with white contrast stitching, and a corduroy mini. And I have at least 5 dresses that are black or mostly black.</p> <p>Did I mention that I wear jeans almost every day...? :-)</p> <p>At any rate I think it's totally acceptable to have two very similar skirts in rather different fabrics. If you have several flouncy skirts then it is clearly a style that you like and that works for you, so to me it makes total sense to have different versions for different occasions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419759 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:49:14 +0000 Irene 419759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just one and never wear it. By the way, I just LOVE everything in #4! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419701 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:14:36 +0000 Elly 419701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have one-- probably why I don't wear mine, all my skirts are busy colors or patterns. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419698 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:06:00 +0000 goldenpig 419698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I had more, but I guess not. For plain black skirts, I have one skirt that is part of a suit, with a slight tulip flare at the back hem. And another maternity black skirt that has a ruffle at the bottom. It has an elastic waist but I think I can still wear it even if I'm not pregnant (I know, I know...) And another pencil skirt with waves on it, but I just bought it and I'm not sure if I'm keeping that one yet.</p> <p>You look great in all of them, but if you want to purge, I vote keep #1 and #2 and ditch the rest. #2 is fab...I love flouncy skirts! Where did you get it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419693 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:50:24 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 419693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have 4, but 2 may be getting purged.</p> <p>One is a mid-weight A-line<br /> One is a pencil<br /> both above the knee</p> <p>The other two are minis, one wool, one crepe. I have to locate these two and see if I still like the fit. All four are dog show clothes so aren't part of my usual rotation. I love skirts and dresses but often they just don't fit my lifestyle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419609 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:13:56 +0000 modgrl 419609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no! I forgot my black leather skirt too!! That makes two legit and one wackadoo black skirts. </p> <p>I just got rid of a bunch - two black maxi skirts, a casual short skirt, one pencil skirt that was worn out - as part of my recent wave of closet purges. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419602 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:07:50 +0000 Kate 419602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I only have one black skirt, it's a loft "scuba" pencil skirt from about a year ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419583 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:35:31 +0000 Girl X 419583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yea! Finally, one of those 'how many do you have' questions where I don't have a shopaholic hoarder tally!</p> <p>3 leather pencil skirts<br /> 1 regular pencil skirt<br /> 1 suede above the knee skirt<br /> 1 knit mini (with pockets!)<br /> 1 pinstriped mini<br /> 1 plain mini<br /> 1 sequined mini</p> <p>I have yet to wear the sequined mini, but I'm really happy to own it. The flouncy wool skirt seems very 'you' - more so than the chiffon, so it might be worth having. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have/page/2#post-419579 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:19:42 +0000 Vildy 419579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a favorite skirt shape for me, so of course I vote yes. </p> <p>I one exactly one black skirt. Straight, ponte type knit, yoked,<br /> pockets in front but set in from side seams. I wear it all year<br /> round, even though it's lined. Very comfortable and the easiest<br /> thing to throw on sometimes. I don't really wear it for "looks." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419576 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:11:49 +0000 taylor 419576@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have no doubt Mo...You have an enviable shape(and hair) and look AWESOME in clothes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419574 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:07:31 +0000 Mo 419574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aw, shucks, Taylor - you're too kind! I suppose there is something to the thigh camouflaging properties of a skirt, though . . . and I am biggest at the hip/thigh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419569 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:03:54 +0000 taylor 419569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo,<br /> You look absolutely amazing in skirts!! Your little figure seems to be made for them...I don't think you could have too many in your closet!!:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419564 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:55:33 +0000 Mo 419564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm loving all the responses! It is funny, black skirts are kind of like jeans . . . you don't realize how many you really have until you stop to add them up!<br /> NK - I love that skirt, too but it's a little dressy for me and so that's why it hasn't gotten as much wear. Believe it or not, it's over 20 years old!! It is from Contempo Casuals for those old enough to remember shopping there. So it has faded in and out of favor over it's closet life After all this time, I started seeing skirts similar to it again last year. I think Aida recently bought one like it if I recall correctly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419557 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:35:57 +0000 NK 419557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think 3. A pencil skirt, a tiered skirt, and another nice pencil skirt that doesn't currently fit but I'm not ready to give up yet.</p> <p>I really like #4. Why don't you wear it more often? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419548 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:15:27 +0000 Jjsloane 419548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote YES on the flounce skirt - it is different enough from your others (and gorgeous to boot) Black bottoms are my staples. I have 6 skirts but for different seasons (plus 4 dresses I layer under/over)<br /> Linen Full Maxi, Ponte Pencil Skirt, Knee length pleated skirt, flounce skirt linen, flounce skirt silk, straight midi with pattern (but mostly black) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419530 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:43:43 +0000 Anonymous 419530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One lined knee-grazing straight black skirt. Even though I'm a skirt person I almost never wear it, but you're supposed to have one, so there it is! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419523 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:34:18 +0000 catgirl 419523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh man, I forgot the black leather one too! Darn it. That's a lot of black skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419503 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:09:34 +0000 MsMary 419503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oops, I forgot about the new black leather pencil skirt from the NAS. So that's four.</p> <p>And I also forgot to answer the question: OF COURSE you should get the new flouncalicious one!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419495 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:03:39 +0000 chewyspaghetti 419495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't have any black ones, but then I only have two skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419485 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:47:31 +0000 catgirl 419485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, I have a similar flounce skirt in a heavy sort of polyester that works for all seasons... it really does depend on the fabric! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419481 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:45:28 +0000 Mo 419481@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Taylor, reading your reply sealed the deal lol! Seriously, though, I never thought too much about winter weight, summer fabric, etc clothing before this year. I remember the spring before last, really wanting to wear a light woven cotton brightly printed flare skirt but finding it didn't go with the blue sweater and knit sweater boots, even though the colors went together. I realize now that it was seasonally confused. That is to say, I really do need a winter weight skirt and this is 100% crepe wool. I may end up returning the pencil skirt, though. We'll see . . . the odds are 50/50 that the pencil will be too small in the waist anyway! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419468 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:30:14 +0000 taylor 419468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>15...different shapes and fabrics:) Half are heavy for winter the other half are lighter weight for spring/summer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-many-black-skirts-do-you-have#post-419467 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:29:49 +0000 lpr200 419467@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have 4, and they are all slightly different pencil skirts! (material, pockets, etc) </p>