Long skirts around the house

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I've gone full mummy fashion blogger today and I'm wearing a gorgeous floaty skirt with a little tee.

So tricking annoying to get about. So far, the cat has played about with it, DH (and I) have stepped on it going down stairs, I've got annoyed kneeling down to get things out of cupboards and caught in the car door.

Ffs I'm clearly doing this floating fashion thing wrong.

Aibu to think pretty impractical for a mum? How did the 70s ladies do it?

You need to hitch it up if you're going up or downstairs, with in your hands if they're free of if I them in the sides of your nicker legs. If it's really floaty you can cash in a knot and do that as well.

Yeah. Little bit annoying.

As a 70s lady, I also recommend the knicker elastic trick. Of course, we didn't need to flaunt it on Instagram in those days!

Just how floaty is this skirt?! I need a photo.

My mum was still in mini skirts in the 70s.

Just try and go for a muddy dogwalk😀

You have to hitch it up and tuck it in your knickers when you attempt going up the stairs, and pick it up near the hem when going down the stairs. Also, your DH needs to treat it like a train on your wedding dress give you 2m social distancing
Fold it around you when getting in the car, tucking it firmly behind your calf especially on a windy day
Cats - well, they're just going to treat it as a tent, frankly.😹

I used to wear full floaty skirts, but gave up and wear bermuda shorts or leggings now (depending on how hot/cold it is)

Good luck.😁

You are too short, that's the problem.

YABU to use the phrase “mummy fashion blogger” without a trigger warning! 🤮

Definitely tuck up into knickers when necessary!

Yup, tuck it in your knickers! But they are not practical, and that's why you don't see many women wearing them.

I only wear long dresses. I never wear trousers or anything that shows my ankles. I chase sheep, dig my garden, climb fences and all manner of other active things, all wearing long skirts. None of this is done with any degree of elegance, of course, and I never get more than a day's wear out of anything, but it is possible. I avoid floaty fabrics though.

Sorry, forgot to mention how I manage without landing up in an undignified heap! Lots of hitching, swishing skirts out of the way and for climbing, I lift the front, pull the back through to the front and tuck the hem of the back into my waistband or belt. Looks like a nappy but better than entanglement in a fence!

God that sounds like effort @DontDribbleOnTheCarpet (And also gets your ankles out?)

YABU for saying "So tricking annoying"

Wtf?

@DontDribbleOnTheCarpet

Sorry, forgot to mention how I manage without landing up in an undignified heap! Lots of hitching, swishing skirts out of the way and for climbing, I lift the front, pull the back through to the front and tuck the hem of the back into my waistband or belt. Looks like a nappy but better than entanglement in a fence!

Why not just wear something more practical? Are you Amish?

70s teenager here. To go the full 70s you have to be barefoot as well. I had lots of "maxi" skirts including full on stepford wife florals and tie dyed cheesecloth.
Just dont get a wasp up there like I did one night at a club. Ouch.

How floaty is it op ?

Why not just wear something more practical?
Are you Amish?

I don't find trousers comfortable and I like what I wear. It feels good to me.

God that sounds like effort @DontDribbleOnTheCarpet (And also gets your ankles out?)

It's not ankle-showing I have an issue with, that's just to illustrate the length!

Donate it to the mums with daughters whose legs are so long they can't get a knee length school skirt for love nor money. They can dye it black and job done.

@Fyzz

70s teenager here. To go the full 70s you have to be barefoot as well. I had lots of "maxi" skirts including full on stepford wife florals and tie dyed cheesecloth. Just dont get a wasp up there like I did one night at a club. Ouch.

70s teen here too. I can't remember any difficulty with long skirts - maybe I didn't do much?

I was barefoot a lot too. No 'old lady' problems with my feet now at all. Don't know if going barefoot helped.

You gather it up from behind and tuck it into the waistband (or knickers). But when I was wearing this I had no kids to luck after, was more agile and slim and accidentally showing underwear was not a problem.
I remember I once did a handstiched rolled hem on a skirt with a 12 m hemline.

I have the same problem ascending into the pulpit wearing a cassock. I hitch it up. My clerical Doc Marten's are the talk of the parish.

Long skirts are more of a going out thing than for doing the housework in. I have a couple and I've stopped wearing them because I have to walk a lot and the flapping round my legs is irritating. It's jeggings or shorts for me now.

Sounds exhausting.

Have you heard of leggings?