WIW - Bustle, Flouncy, ditsy skirt worn with stripes and a military edge

And to think I was on the verge of getting rid of this skirt! I was feeling a little unsure of the clothes I currently have and whether I needed to declutter my style and wardrobe. However I've sent things to the charity so many times and ended up regretting it. I was looking back over my outfit archives on YLF and found a pic from 2 years ago featuring this skirt worn with a khaki shirt and red belt and just changed up the other items of clothing slightly.

Outfit was worn to meet my friend in town for tea and charity shopping. I think I achieved my goal of a fun (yet comfy) look.

What do you think? Should I keep the skirt? All opinions, comments are gratefully received.

Details below:
Ditsy hitched skirt - All Saints
b/w stripe tee - Vera Moda
Khaki twill military jacket - Principles (from charity shop)
Flying heart necklace - Gift
army style ankle bts - Joe Browns
red satchel bag - Topshop

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11 years ago

Golden

Veteran

Your outfit looks very steampunk to me!

MuseumGal

Fun look, I agree it's a bit steampunky, a bit retro, and very quirky in the best way.

catgirl

Oh keep it! I have an AS hitched dress I should wear more often. Love this look on you.

Peri

Keep it! So few people could pull of this amount of quirk but you look fantastic!

Diana

Love this. Great pattern mix with the stripes and floral.

Active Member

The skirt is way outside my style comfort zone, but I love it with your striped tee and jacket. Great outfit.

fieldmouse

My vote is to keep, though I'm a tad biased, as I have the same skirt... It goes so well with the military jacket and lace-up boots!

MovingFashionForward

All I can say is: if you want to give it to a good home, I love it! Keep!

Sarah

missvee

I like that you've kept the colours quite muted and tone on tone. I think that it's a whole lotta skirt but you've carried off the look really well with your styling.

Kiwichik

I think the skirt works for you quirky off beat style and I like the steampunk vibe

Gigi

I love fun skirts like this! I bought a couple of faux leather skater skirts early this year and am loving them. I don't have anything nearly as cute as what you've pictured, however. I'm thinking of how Angie talked about the movement factor with clothing, how it feels when you have a skirt that has lots of material and can move around (I think she talked about this with her new Halogen black-and-white striped pleated midi).

I like how you paired this with the boots too. I have been on the lookout for a pair of cute Victorian booties for a long time. Hopefully I can find them this year!

jackiec

You look great! I like the juxtaposition of the flouncy skirt with the military style jacket.

tricia w.

(website)

So. Cute.

Ledonna N.

Love this this whole outfit so futuristic

You should definitely get rid of the skirt, via mailing it to me.

Joking aside, I love your outfit! You definitely look fun & interesting but not at all costume-y. What a fun skirt.

Every once in awhile, reading posts about the slim & trim closets of some of the other YLFers, I feel a mad urge to pick out just my very favourites, send the rest to Goodwill, and have a minimal closet. But then I go to my closet and realise that everything is my favourite! I do have too many items to wear them as frequently as I'd like (unless I start wearing multiple outfits a day, hehe), but to solve that I just don't buy certain categories of clothes and intend to let those quantities get whittled down by attrition. It seems silly to purge for the sake of numbers when my clothes all fit neatly in my storage space, and when I like them.

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