help me find a skirt

Zoe B.

I've been drooling over this look I saw on the sartorialist recently http://www.thesartorialist.com.....414Web.jpg
I can't get over how ladylike and at the same time hip this outfit is.
SO I was wondering if anyone has seen an A-line denim skirt -- not quite as long as the one on the picture, but any riff on that theme. I like the way hers is fitted at the hip and then it flares out with pleats.
*edited to ask: I noticed the comments over at une femme (link in one of the responses below) mention that this outfit looks old, as in aging. I wonder what you think? Frumpy or fab? If frumpy, is there anything in particular that makes it so--the skirt, the shoes...?

15 years ago

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catgirl

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Check e-bay - I did a quick search for pleated denim skirt and came up with a bunch of them, like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tommy-Hilf.....3f076ff84c

Knife pleated denim may be hard to find though...

15 years ago

catgirl

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Another two:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Esprit-Bla.....27b8e79f39

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BCBG-F.....53e64b7ab7

15 years ago

Patty

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Wow Una --you're fast!!

http://www.unefemme.net/2010/1.....skirt.html
Saw this very same lady as reference at Une Femme D'un Certaine Age.
I like the look.

15 years ago

catgirl

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Yeah, since i'm trying not to shop for myself, doing it for others is a good substitute. Someone else at YLF posted this photo as inspiration... wish I could remember who?

15 years ago

Zoe B.

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Thanks! You guys are fast! I only became a registered member yesterday (longtime lurker), so I didn't know this same girl was already linked to. Sorry about that. Will look around and try to find it.

15 years ago

wilson

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This outfit is so beautiful; thank you for posting it! Its the first time I've seen it

15 years ago

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someone linked to it asking how to describe her style. I think ladylike and Princess Di were tossed around?

15 years ago

bella

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I am not sure her skirt is denim. It looks like some kind of lightweight wool. I am not sure you'd be able to get the same effect with denim.

15 years ago

amyreh

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What about something like this from Talbots?

http://www.talbots.com/online/.....e=cat70008

15 years ago

sinead

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I agree with Bella- I was going to say I doubt that is denim. Not sure the folds, pleats and drape would be as graceful if done in denim. The only places I've seen skirts like this have been in thrift shops- some gorgeous pleated skirts I've passed by because, at my age, I think pleats would look very dowdy. Her overall look reads very expensive, designer to me.
And I think the blouse makes it.

Good luck- I'll keep my eyes open for you.

15 years ago

Zoe B.

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bella and sinead, good point, it definitely is a more refined material than denim. My first instinct was denim because that would work more with my lifestyle. Angie's recent post about midi skirts coming back in the fall makes me think there will be more updated options coming up. I'll wait and see. I love scouting around consignment stores and ebay, but my size (2) is not always the easiest to find in the items I'm looking for.

15 years ago

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