Opinions requested on athletic wear skirts

rholmes27

In my attempt to fill a huge hole in my wardrobe for my dominant season, I ran across several Athleta skirts on sale. Could you give me your opinions on these? Does it look like I've given up & am out in my yoga pants? How would you style these?

I'm 52, petite hourglass, MOTG (with no kids living at home). I will attempt to post several links, so y'all can see what I mean. Thanks so much for your time & help.

http://athleta.gap.com/browse/.....=861887052

http://athleta.gap.com/browse/.....=903686002

13 years ago

Dressing

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Latest reply was from Classically Casual

Suz

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If your style is sporty / natural and/ or you are using these for travel and active days, then I say go for it. The length will be longer on you for sure. Depends of course on how you look and feel in A lines. If they work for your body type and lifestyle. In theory given what you say I don't think it's a problem.

What season are you planning to wear them in?

13 years ago

pil

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I tried the Royal Robbins discovery skirt but was disappointed it didn't fit. The fabric was nice and I liked the ruffle at the bottom.

http://www.royalrobbins.com/c-.....ory=skirts

13 years ago

rholmes27

Active Member

Oh what a "duh" moment. Suz, when you mentioned whether the skirts fit my style, it hit me why I was questioning them. My style is more of a relaxed classic or casual classic, not sporty.

Geez, I knew my recent illness had left me with a foggy brain, but I was forgetting one of the most basic principles of shopping for PPP pieces.

Thanks so much.

13 years ago

Suz

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I think an A line skirt can work for a classic style, but it's not that current at the moment. So that also needs to factor in.

I personally might buy a skirt like this if I were travelling, or if I were running around after kids in the park. But the more modern solution would be trousers of some kind.

13 years ago

Classically Casual

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I have a couple of A line Horny Toad brand skirts from REI. that work well for me. One is blackish & the other dark brown. They're a little more tailored than the examples you posted. I don't wear them a lot, but I'm glad I have them. They're very comfortable & flattering. In the winter I wear them with tights & boots, but I consider them a 4 season garment. I wore the black one to a casual holiday party last week with the silver sparkle sweater from Sears Angie featured last fall, and received a ton of compliments.

13 years ago

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