Denim skirts - frumpy?

[Dancergirl]

I've got a denim skirt, mini-ish length, above my knee, which I haven't worn for ages.

I'm just wondering if it's had its day and I should chuck it or start wearing again?

Are denim skirts frumpy/mumsy? Because if so it's definitely going!

I really like all three of those Pinterest links.

Unfortunately denim skirts don't seem to suit me, they fit ok new but then stretch till they spin round when I walk or slide down to a frumpy length. I just can't seem to find one with a decent waist - and they just don't work on my hips. I'm a 12-14 but even size 12 is too big.

I want to get a denim skirt this year. Those earlier pinterest links aren't doing it for me, but there are denim skirt looks that definitely do:
www.pinterest.com/pin/111675265735786155/
www.pinterest.com/pin/111675265735775200/
www.pinterest.com/pin/111675265734599191/
www.pinterest.com/pin/111675265734481012/
I don't think these are frumpy, at least I hope not, because they're from my own board of looks I like

However they do confirm to me that you need very slim thighs to look best in one, so I will definitely be going into shops to try them rather than buying online!

Frumpy

Really frumpy

[[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/220465344231190188/ Like the skirt and sandals but not the shirt here]]

Miranda Kerr has amazing pins and looks great in that denim mini, as she would in a bin liner. I still maintain that denim skirts are frumpsville central for 99% women.

Kirsten Dunst's facial expression says it all in that third link. She knows that's one ugly, ill-fitting skirt!

blairwaldorf I just spotted a skirt on river islands site the same shape as those you linked www.riverisland.com/women/skirts/denim-skirts/Dark-wash-denim-pencil-skirt-666231
(I would look like an overstuffed sausage in it, but I like the looks you pinned, Def not frumpy)

That is really nice Curls! Trying to ignore the fact I owned one exactly that shape from Next when I was 14 or so. :)

I'm with squoosh. Olivia Palermo and Miranda Kerr make all clothes look good, no matter how ill-advised. The exception proves the rule.

Over leggings not good, I think. Much better with opaques or bare legs.

I think it all depends on context. The denim-skirt-with-opaques look is not for me, though it all depends on what's in fashion - made one from a pair of old jeans years ago and wore it constantly - however was 20something and much thinner, plus that was very much a look where I was.

I think you can also differentiate between 'frumpy' and what can be a more conservative or preppy look - I like well-scrubbed nice tanned legs, dark wash denim skirt, cool little loose vest/shirt/tshirt in high summer, it's preppy in a north-eastern US type way rather than uber fashionable, but not exactly frumpy.

What squoosh said.

So Olivia Palermo can pull off double denim, so what? She's one of the most beautiful women in the world, with an amazing figure.

Poppy Delevingne + Alexa Chung are tall, reed-thin 20somethings, mumsy denim looks edgey and anti-fashion on them, on mums it just looks frumpy.

Like knittingbag I used to wear a vintage wash cut off denim mini when I was 17 with cowboy boots and a leather jacket. Absolutely fine on a teen in 1988.

Fair enough twinklestein, and I may just be repeating what's been said on the "frumpy" thread, but I just wanted to demonstrate that denim skirts aren't necessarily frumpy. But the proof will be in the pudding when I try some on - I'm not a mum but I am certainly not reed thin or tall either, so we shall see! :)

I have a very very short, tight, bleached, ripped denim mini. You wouldn't call it frumpy....

According to the Times Style mag today they are def mot frumpy. But everythings relative innit

Yeah, I saw the Alexa Chung article too. I think denim skirts are challenging unless you are quite thin and definitely nowhere near being frumpy. If you can tend towards frumpsville anyway, they aren't the best option. I've had a few over the years and can never really get to grips with them, although in theory I really like the whole 70s a-line skirt with platforms look.

A line denim skirts especially buttone through are totally 70s. Denim and 70s are set to be big things this season.

I wouldn't wear a short denim skirt though. Not my style at all.

I haven't worn one since about 1997 and even then I wasn't too keen.

Totally agree about them making your bum look wide and fat, not a good look on anyone.

The ones with a split are particularly common looking...yep, I'm aware that I'm an enormous snob thank you very much

I've got a short denim skirt on today with a chunky navy jumper and navy cable knit tights.

I don't look frumpy, well I don't think I do.

I've got a denim pencil skirt and if I do say so myself, my bum looks great.

The only time I've looked vaguely ok in a denim skirt was weirdly when I was pregnant. Or maybe I just didn't give a shit about/couldn't see my stumpy legs under my huge proud bump

I think they are challenging, but they almost always look frumpy with opaque tights and definitely with long boots.

This thread has just inspired me to buy a denim skirt - just ordered one from Boden! Clearly people have very varied opinions about what looks frumpy. I think the outfits in that first set of Pinterest photos were really nice - casual but elegant. But then I have no desire to look 'cutting edge'. I am a sahm in rural Cumbria and am quite often muddy and running around with the dog. A denim skirt might be too smart on most days!

but, but, but....I love my denim skirts.

I only wear them with bare legs and fitted tee/fitted cashmere top.

Some are fitted (pencil shape), some a-line

floaty skirts can be a bit...wafty-floaty-twee IMO