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Franny's Big Important EMERGENCY Skirt Thread of Vast Urgency

439 replies

FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 21:24

Right you were all so helpful on the other thread but the skirt has turned up and it is all wrong for me

So now I need an A line skirt in a beautiful bold print which I can wear with a black top

WHICH I CAN BUY IN A SHOP BEFORE SATURDAY

for less than £40

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NadineBaggott · 04/04/2007 22:04

retro print linen skirt £33 at the bottom - green

MrsBadger · 04/04/2007 22:04

insufficiently colourful?

Boco · 04/04/2007 22:04

Has this one been posted pretty

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:04

HC yes I hate it

not blue please

We haven't got Zara or Mango or anything

The Fatface one is too pale I NEED A BLACK TOP HC

NB that one is ok probably a bit starchy looking

I want something young and fun and with a swing

ImaginaryFriend we are having a party and I have put on weight so don't fit any of my nice clothes The other one just wasn't right at all, for me - too short and the panels were funny

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harpsichordcarrier · 04/04/2007 22:06

debenhams

MrsBadger · 04/04/2007 22:06

purpple?

[vain hope emoticon]

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:06

NB, Mrs B and Boco those are all too pale

and frankly a bit odd

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Dottydot · 04/04/2007 22:06

ooh that's nice HC!

AitchTwoOh · 04/04/2007 22:07

well if you'd asked me at the time i'd have warned you about the panels. not that you'd have listened...

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:07

LOL spooky HC and MrsB

nope

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:07

Aitch they are scary

perhaps if I just folded them away and stood really still, like in the photo?

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harpsichordcarrier · 04/04/2007 22:08

WHAT???
it is the Skirt of Fate!
Mrs B and i have Spoken! you are powerless to resist, surely?

AitchTwoOh · 04/04/2007 22:08

Don't you DARE interpret the fact that HC and Mrs B have just chosen the same unpleasant skirt as consensus, franny.

AitchTwoOh · 04/04/2007 22:09

she wants a-line, people!

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:09

No you are safe, Aitch

I think it is not very nice

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MrsBadger · 04/04/2007 22:09

well she has rejected all the ones I thought were nice so I am suggesting revolting ones in case...

harpsichordcarrier · 04/04/2007 22:09

I am aware it is unpleasant, I am just trying to Meet the Brief.
now, when you say no blue, does that include turquoise??

Boco · 04/04/2007 22:10

mutter mutter hard to please mutter mutter..

hunkermunker · 04/04/2007 22:10

Wear trousers?

harpsichordcarrier · 04/04/2007 22:10

aitch! I have shown her every blardy skirt in christendom!
I have seen a nice one in Hobbs, but it is £99....

AitchTwoOh · 04/04/2007 22:10

thus far i have most enjoyed the orang or mustard retros from wallis. ooooh, with some lovely orange pointy shoes. and beads, always beads.

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FrannyandZooey · 04/04/2007 22:10

oops sorry MrsB

you are all marvellous

I am soooo grateful

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harpsichordcarrier · 04/04/2007 22:11

TURQUOISE OR NO??

MrsBadger · 04/04/2007 22:11

get a dress and wear the top over it

there are lots of nice dresses out there

Yurtgirl · 04/04/2007 22:11

Oh no F&Z I am finding this fun, and I rarely dare to venture into style threads -you hooked me in with the thread title

Whats wrong with Mrs Bs pppppurple skirt? and harpsis retro style swirly purple yellow black one

Picky picky