has anyone else started wearing skirts alot, after years of wearing trousers all the time?

[southeastastra]

sorry for long title, but sudddenly i just want to wear skirts all the time, for years wouldn't.

No, but have suddenly realised how easy it is to wear dresses. With a boot and a tight. So easy in the morning to chuck it on.

I did this. I banned jeans for a month.

I went from wearing skirts for special occasions only to very rarely wearing trousers.

The trick is a couple of pairs of great boots.

How old are you south? Maybe it's an age thing

I'm going through a similar change, both for smart at work and casual. I think it maybe I've started to appreciate how flattering it can be and I've found some knee boots that fit my fat calves

There's a dearth of nice trousers out there so yes, I am currently skirted 99% of the time

Yes, funny that. Boots were definitely the key to the change, also really finding out what style of skirt suited me.

Oh and a stash of leggings to wear under when crawling around after small children.

I hardly ever wear trousers any more. I just find skirts and dresses so much more forgiving on my mummy handles . And I absolutely love boots. I only have 3 pairs of boots but I wear them all day, every day...and they make me feel great

Seeing as we are all skirt converts: where do you get your favourite ones?

I have real issues as I won't wear anything above knee length and if it's too far below knee I look stumpy.

I can't be bothered altering every item of clothes that I buy but surely I cannot be the only one caught up in the middle of the Tarty/Matronly divide?

Has to be above the knee IMO.

I am too old to look unfrumpy in a longer skirt.

I'm only 5'2" so have to be very strict about skirt lengths if I don't want to look frumpy. Anything below knee-length is an absolute no-no. However, I can safely wear mini skirts (with thick tights) without looking tarty as my legs are so short that it doesn't look like I'm exposing much...if that makes any sense?

I buy skirts from Boden (in the sales), M&S Indigo collection and H+M. I never buy Whistles or Joules as their skirts hit me mid-calf and make my legs look like stumps

Yes - haven't worn trousers or jeans for nearly 2 years, after previously living in them for 3 years after having dd. So much more flattering - legs much better than backside...

Best skirts from (dare I say it) Boden, White Stuff, Uniqlo, Kew and Gap so far. Nice grey velvety cord mini from Joules last year too.

I get thick grey or black woolly school tights in teen size for me when stocking up for dd - v warm, last for ages, look great with boots, and cost about £3.50 a pair.

me too - I love being able to throw a dress and boots on rather than faff with trousers, but just a year ago I never wore skirts apart from in the height of summer. I think its partly age (jsut turned 40) partly the availabililty of nice wearable dresses, skirts and boots, partly losing 2st

School tights? Great idea.

I wear skirts a lot now because I am at 26wks and found that I have 1 pair of maternitg trowsers that fit. Sigh.

How odd that you posted this today. I went shopping today and the same thoughts were going through my mind, as I tried on dress after dress.

I find tights, dress and boots so much warmer than trousers, and a lot easier to cope with in the mornings. A few years ago I don't think I possessed any skirts or dresses!

Also think its a trend thing. Boots are the height of fashion and theres so many ways of wearing boots, dresses, skirts. Personally I'm interested in were to get knee length skirts. Bought a tweed one from eBay for £2! It's ace.

i think i am wearing skirts / dresses because the only trousers that are "on trend" [snort] now are high waisted trousers and various skinnies which are not flattering to my figure

(or anyone else who has boob and / or a tummy )

the only trousers / jeans i suit are skinny flares , which make everyone on the S&B threads do this

I have 2 Great Plains skirts, A-line, knee-length, great for big bum and thighs :)

I always want to wear skirts, but can never think what to wear them with - I'm usually a skinnies and tunics girl, so having to think about tops that go with skirts gives me headaches...

The dress/tights/boots option is a definite go-er though - in fact, have just sent off for a few in Boden sale...

daimbardiva, see what you mean about this thread having crossover with the other. Like you, I like dresses and boots - it's the tops element of the skirt combo which throws me every time.

Hope there'll be some recommendations for what works well on top from the skirts fans on this thread. I not only have a large bust but am tall, so some tops are too short, whilst others too long, so spoil line of any skirt which flares at all at hips.

I'm tall too - I always find that whatever top I try to pair with a skirt it ends up looking like two separate outfits iyswim??

Exactly. It seems so much easier to pair tunics with skinny jeans, etc then style with belts, necklaces, etc.

Another recent convert - short with small bust & waist but big hips. Problem I have at the moment is keeping work shirts tucked in. I have to keep tucking mine back in - not a good look! How do you do it? Also are boots ok for work - dont see any women around me wearing them...seems to be a plethora of court shoes/ pencil heels here?

I was thinking this very thing recently! I now wear dresses/skirts 90% of the time - in the past it was maybe once a week at work (more in summer). Nothing is as comfy as the stretchy jersey dress/thick tights/boots combo, and these days I can't believe that I spent so much time (and so much money!) struggling with jeans (which I find uncomfortable). I think that the return of leggings has a lot to do with it,nice boots to fit my wide calves,and just a general surge away from the jeans based look of the previous decade or so.

Not skirts, but dresses with thick tights or leggings &tunics.

Thick tights so much warmer than jeans as well-& they don´t dig in the flab