My challenge:  How to achieve a look that is NOT twee with a skater skirt!

The color and the style read very twee to me!  I do have skater skirts - but longer and in darker colors and mostly evening wear kind.  Somehow they don't feel as twee!  I am wearing a nude hose to feel *covered*!  Is this nude hose ok for me?  It's my first!  And I wonder if I should go a shade lighter.  My arms seem to be a tad lighter than my legs.  I understand it might be difficult to figure that out due to the lighting issues.

So here are my attempts at looking like a grown up!  Please help me to figure out the passes and fails!  Anything that looks overly twee will not be worn again!

1) With black polka dotted blouse, black leather shoulder patch blazer and cut out booties.
2) With a green boxy top and nude sling back pumps.  The top's a christmas green and looks much better IRL with the peach skirt!
3) With a cropped white top and brown cut out oxfords.
4) With a floral top and nude sling back pumps.
5) With a black jeweled tee, classic black blazer and black ankle strap pumps
6) With a white fluid top, mixed media white blazer and nude pumps.  I am not sure if the shoes work here.
7) A zara copy attempt (in Finds)!  I could have used my brown oxfords. Oh well!  I noticed that the skirt sits much lower on the model.  The only way I can get this skirt to zip is if I wear it at my natural waist which is very high!
8) With a floral black and white tank, denim jacket and black ankle strap pumps
9) With a flowy hi-low black tunic and black ankle strap pumps

Thanks for looking and sorry for the pic heavy posts of late!  Now I am off to clear my bed that has a mountain of clothes that I just pulled out from my closet o_O