https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:30:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341402 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:51:14 +0000 rachylou 1341402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. Hmm. I think you can wear a tube skirt like a pencil skirt... but I still think a pencil skirt is its own creature. More inherently structured a garment... not just a tube... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341330 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:49:22 +0000 catgirl 1341330@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the opposite problem, Laura! If they fit in the waist the hips are too big and wing out. If the hips fit the waist is too small. The knit is much better for my straight/curveless bottom half. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341321 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:47:00 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1341321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends on your figure, too. I usually go for pencils, whether woven or knit, because they fit both my waist and hips/butt, with the darts and/or seaming and the zipper. I have exactly one tube skirt and even it is pretty clingy on my backside. But if you have less curve there anyway, tube skirts might be more flattering because they don't create structure where you don't need it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341319 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:46:07 +0000 catgirl 1341319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't find tucking into anything structured all that comfy anyway. I do a tiny half-tuck with some knit skirts and certain tops, just very edge of the hem into the waistband. With certain items it actually works. Otherwise, hi lo it is! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341297 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:31:26 +0000 Aida 1341297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's where hi-low and cropped tops come in, Mo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341212 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 21:38:12 +0000 Mo 1341212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, I like the idea of a tube in place of the stiffer pencil. &nbsp;The tube collapses around the figure more, whereas the pencil seems to stand away stiffly in a way I do NOT like. &nbsp;Tube skirts rejoice!!<br />I will say tucking into one isn't so neat, though. &nbsp;You can see the rumples of shirts if there is too much fabric. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341063 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:53:40 +0000 RoseandJoan 1341063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the skirts you wear are very business casual friendly Una. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341060 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:50:46 +0000 catgirl 1341060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Abc, funny because I only wear my knit skirts for work. I wonder if they seem too casual? I don't have a formal dress code but curious if they would not be okay for some settings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341056 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:48:28 +0000 abc 1341056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree, but I still have some pencil skirts (like the Halogen ones) for days when&nbsp;business dress is required. &nbsp;LOVE those VC tube skirts... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1341055 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:44:51 +0000 catgirl 1341055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually find the knit tube more comfortable even without the vent - I feel constrained by structured fabric in a pencil silhouette. I had to consign all my Halogen seamed skirts for that reason. </p> <p>What about the rest of you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340947 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:49:24 +0000 Angie 1340947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A tube skirt is still a pencil skirt -&nbsp;just more fitted on the side seams.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340843 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:05:59 +0000 RoseandJoan 1340843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Joy, I think of tube skirts being a sub category of the pencil skirt.</p> <p>I find the user friendly point very interesting. Personally I find there is a difference between the&nbsp;appearance and the reality of the tube skirt, on the one hand they look casual and are easy to launder but I find my movement is more restricted wearing the tube skirt than if I am wearing a woven tapered pencil with a vent, do you find the same Una?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340838 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:00:13 +0000 Janet 1340838@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Joy said, IMHO. Tube skirts are basically a tube of relatively stretchy, knit fabric. Pull on and go. Traditional pencil skirts, to my way of thinking, are more tailored or structured, with a zipper. I'm beginning to think that tube skirts are definitely more user-friendly for my casual life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340829 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:33:27 +0000 Anonymous 1340829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of tube skirts as a knit pull-on sub-type of pencil skirt. I think of traditional pencils as usually having a zip and button or hook closure at the waist somewhere ( I've had front, side and back zip versions). I've seen either at any length. There are mini, midi and maxi versions of each. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340769 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:30:46 +0000 Suz 1340769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As per Angie, a pencil skirt may be tapered, or not tapered.&nbsp;</p> <p>But a tube skirt is knit, often longer (below knee) and definitely tapered.&nbsp;</p> <p>You're collecting tubes. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>Ms.Mary has a pencil collection. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340725 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:04:18 +0000 catgirl 1340725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pretty sure I'm always unintentionally funny when it comes to style, Denise! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340723 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:02:25 +0000 CocoLion 1340723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha you make me laugh Una. &nbsp;Maybe you didn't mean to be funny but I had to laugh out loud. &nbsp;"if that's the case I'm really collecting tube skirts and not pencil skirts."</p> <p>I think a pencil skirt is not tapered at the bottom. &nbsp;A tube skirt narrow at the bottom. &nbsp;A tube skirt is often longer, at or below the knee --&nbsp;than a pencil skirt (at or above the knee). &nbsp;Also, a tube skirt might have more lycra in it to create this fitted look. &nbsp;I think of a tube skirt as being made from a knit fabric, whereas a pencil skirt could be any number of fabrics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340718 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:54:23 +0000 catgirl 1340718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is a tube skirt seamless? I think by the definitions so far I have no pencil skirts but a tube skirt addiction - stretchy, zip free elastic waist knits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340712 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:37:08 +0000 Echo 1340712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While I haven't the foggiest what the technical definition might properly be, I agree with Neel. Tube skirts are stretchy without a zipper for entry and generally without a vent at the back. Pencil skirts can have stretch, but are generally a less forgiving fabric with a zipper closure and slit for ease of walking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340710 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:32:48 +0000 Alana in Canada 1340710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, well, I just bought a pencil skirt with stretch! But it is a woven fabric with a kick pleat, so definitely a pencil.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340707 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:21:13 +0000 Deborah 1340707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Neel. I think pencil skirts are usually made from a more tailored and stiffer or structured fabric, but that may not always be the case. I have always thought "pencil" referred to the shape so really a knit or woven skirt could be a pencil?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340703 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:12:54 +0000 Neel 1340703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me tube skirts are the knit ones with stretch. They usually do not have the back slit.</p> <p>Pencil skirts are the other stricter ones which require back/side slits for ease of movement. They usually have no stretch.</p> <p>Now I could be completely off my marbles. I am just sipping on my morning tea :D</p> <p>ETA: I meant movement and not moment! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tube-skirt-vs-pencil-skirt#post-1340700 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 03:56:18 +0000 catgirl 1340700@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Any difference?&nbsp; I'm still pondering Mo's pencil skirt dilemma?&nbsp; Is a tube skirt just a knit&nbsp; straight skirt?&nbsp; Because if that's the case I'm really collecting tube skirts and not pencil skirts. </p>