Skirt lengths - frumpy or foxy?

[aarghhelp]

I was interested to read people's accounts of different desired skirt lengths on ahem, the Boden threads.

I am 5ft 9 tall but have about a 30-31" inside leg. So tall, long body, relatively short legs. I have generally felt I looked better in a long skirt and in the past have tended to opt for suits with long skirts. I haven't thought of long skirts as frumpy.

I was a bit surprised that some people do see long skirts as frumpy and are very keen to avoid skirts below knee for that reason. However, when I've been buying clothes recently, I just haven't been that keen on the longer skirts that I've managed to find.

Maybe when I was a bit younger the skirt-to-the-floor look managed to give off a different vibe, a hopefully-cool quasi Goth sort of thing.

I have been buying trousers as bottom halves for outfits more recently as they seem to hit the right note much better.

Has anyone got any opinion or advice on this?

[bodenaddict]

scroo - oh where is gok when we need him

i wear knee length skirts and have a couple below the knee. i am 5ft. not brave enough to wear one above the knee

[scroobiuspirate]

i have one linen type slightly aline that sits just on my knee, i 'think' it looks ok.

still seem to have a mental block seeing half my legs poking out the bottom tho. Just look cut in half.

[BerylCole]

I'm 5'11 and would never wear a long skirt. I have two long-ish dresses, that go to just below the knee, but I fox them, up with high heeled boots.

[ABetaDad]

aarghhelp - my DW has a very similar build and height to you and wears skirts and dresses just below the knee with a smallish heel. She looks gorgeous in a tailored dress or skirt that fits at the waist, accentuates the narrowness of her waist and then flairs slightly at the knee. Trousers have to be tailored too and fitted to the waist because anything on the hip just makes her legs look short. Long skirts do not look good on her though.