https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 09:47:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422482 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:55:10 +0000 Suz 422482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both skirts are terrific on you, Malina. Hope you get occasion to wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422471 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:39:46 +0000 Mo 422471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am happy to hear the pencil gets a unanimous thumbs up! Una, I have plenty of flounce and flared or gored skirts and love them all! If I'm dated, I'm happily, blissfully dated I do think the 'flips' are a bit exaggerated, as I mentioned, from being folded for shipping and I hope they lay a little flatter after a trip to the cleaners </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422470 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:38:48 +0000 goldenpig 422470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the pencil skirt looks great on you and fits really well...keep! I actually love the flouncy skirt on you too (Where did you get both the skirts again?) but you can take that with a grain of salt since it seems like a lot of people on this board aren't into ruffles and flounces anymore. I like flirty feminine clothes, so it's right up my alley! The mini seems a little short unless you're going clubbing, so I would ditch that one if you have to make a choice. Lovely top, by the way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422469 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:34:52 +0000 catgirl 422469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Er, I have a flounce skirt that I wear to court all the time as part of a suit. *cringing* I don't think they are too dated - Garnet Hill has a couple of "flamenco style" skirts that are similar. </p> <p>I like them both. The short one is not really my style, but seems very much up your alley! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422458 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:23:34 +0000 devon7 422458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, I think that all of the skirts look nice on you, but I have a preference for the straighter skirts. You are so slim and the straight skirts show off your beautiful figure more. In photo #7, I would keep the top skirt over the bottom one. </p> <p>I think the pencil skirt fits you really well and I would wear it immediately if I were you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422434 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:47:13 +0000 kellygirl 422434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the pencil fits you nicely. It looks like a great length to wear with boots too. I think you'd look great in a slightly longer pencil too--right below the knee. I find slightly longer pencil skirts to be lengthening. Just my 2 cents. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422427 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:33:36 +0000 modgrl 422427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the pencil skirt, I think it fits you really well. While I will always love those little flounce skirts, it looks kinda dated... sorry! It is so cute and I want to love it but I think style has moved on... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422418 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:14:48 +0000 Mo 422418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies! Claire, I've been tending bar and waitressing for 20 years, so no worry about the conservative nature of my work lol! Barbara, nice to know I have company in the world of pencil skirt newbies I think I may have had one 22 years ago when I worked for an insurance company at their regional office . . . maybe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422411 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:08:43 +0000 Barbara 422411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the pencil skirt on you - I never tried a pencil skirt until I snagged some Merona skirts from Target a year ago. Like you, mine hit right below my belly button and right above the knee, which is perfect.</p> <p>I also like the mini and the flounce on you- they are perfect for completely different occasions! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422406 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:02:47 +0000 Anonymous 422406@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! It fits, not to small in the waist after all. You definitely need this for a job interview unless you have dress slacks. The mini would be too short and the flounce is just....too....flouncy. In fact, I wouldn't go a centimeter shorter on the pencil skirt if you are interviewing for jobs in a conservative field. </p> <p>It looks smashing on you, even thought it's not your style. Maybe you can pair it with a top you just love to make it a bit more bearable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422402 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:59:14 +0000 Mo 422402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you both think the pencil fits? I was worried about it being too small - but that could just be my head playing tricks simply due to the number on the size tag. It does fit at the navel, which is where I'd expected it to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422397 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:48:08 +0000 rae 422397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with QM - the flounce can be worn in a professional way, but the very word flounce takes away some of the gravity needed for interviews etc. </p> <p>I like the pencil, and I think you should keep it over the mini - if you have to choose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422392 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:40:55 +0000 Mo 422392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>See, I need your sage advice! I had a feeling the flounce was too much for staid occasions. Thank you </p> <p>PS these are all 3 different sizes lol - crazy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422389 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:35:57 +0000 Queen Mum 422389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't wear the flounce for job interviews, funerals, or other more conservative type occasions, and definitely not the mini, so if you are in need of a nice black skirt for more sophisticated events, I'd keep it. It seems to fit you really nicely. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-black-skirts-keep-or-return#post-422386 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:31:25 +0000 Mo 422386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got both skirts in the mail. The flounce I can't return, so it's more for comparison's sake. Also, I wonder if the flounce could be worn in a more professional way or if it's too exaggerated a silhouette for, say job interviews and such. (I do think some of it is from being folded in packing and it will lay better after dry cleaning)<br /> The pencil was the one I was worried about the sizing. I know it's hard to photograph black well, but how does it look? I'm so not a pencil skirt girl so I'll defer to you ladies ;)<br /> The last pics are to show better the details. The bandage mini I think is ponte knit (who knew all this time I had a ponte skirt? lol) I know a pencil and a mini are two different animals, but are they too similar?<br /> Thanks for putting up with all my questions and pics! </p>