I don’t know when exactly it got so hard to locate a simple, unadorned skirt, but I feel like it’s been quite some time and I am frankly growing quite frustrated with the search. Why must designers add so much unnecessary frippery—ruffles, hi-lo hems, tricky belting—to this most straightforward of garments? I did manage to find enough good ones to bring you this post, but I had to look at so many bad ones in order to do so that I’m feeling a little dizzy. So please, enjoy this very pretty front-twisted number from Vince while I go drink a nice big glass of water.
A straightforward, nicely flowy silk number from Anine Bing.
I haven’t included a lot of prints here—I really do like my skirts nice and simple, maybe even borderline boring—but the floral here is so subtle I decided it cleared the bar.
This Theory skirt is almost too tricky, but I think if you wore it with a simple white tee, it’d be aces.
The shirttail hem here is a nice casual touch.
I am not mad for wrap skirts—I live in fear that a big gust of wind will expose me to the world as I walk down the street—but I’d make an exception for this one.
True A-line denim skirts are tough to find, and this one is a touch flowier than that, but I could see living out all of my summer days in this.
I always like a button-front skirt.
And here’s another button-front, nicely priced.
It drives me crazy how few denim skirts have grown-up hemlines, so when I find a good one—like this—I feel it is my duty to share.
Loveth the Theory skirt…I could walk the Spanish steps in Rome in that skirt with a simple tee..Ah…what fun to dream with the clothes selected…smile…
I’ve had that Nic and Zoe skirt for a few years and gotten a lot of mileage out of it. It’s so soft and flowy (but not so flowy that it flies up).
I’ll take skirts/dresses over shorts in the summer any day. Something happened when I hit 40 and I started feeling uncomfortable in shorts, even though I see GOACA wearing them and think they look just fine.
For fun, comfortable print skirts, I love the Sojourn skirt from Effie’s Heart.
I bought this last year in black and in olive green (this year they have it in black and in white):
https://www.threedots.com/woven-linen-skirt-6348.html
I LIVED in it all summer. It’s great with almost any top, and is perfect for summer travel.
xo
These are right up my alley. Are they lined or do you need a half slip? THanks!
I would eat, sleep and drink in that twist front Vince skirt!! It is divine, divine, divine.
It reminds me of a South Pacific pareo. And who wouldn’t want that?
The Vince in popey is so so so beautiful-
I sew some of my clothes and highly recommend that as a way to make things as clean-lined as you like! It’s only fun if you enjoy the sewing, of course, but I do see lots of ladies in my classes making stuff in their own styles more easily than they can find them at a shop. These are nice choices, though–I like that slightly swishy but still calm-feeling denim.
Oh, my kingdom for a knee-length, a-line denim skirt without a fly. And maybe with an inverted box pleat…
Yes! I was hunting for similar!
I am typically pretty anti-LOFT, but I did just purchase this: https://www.loft.com/tie-waist-skirt/459379?skuId=25132830&defaultColor=0473&catid=catl000017
And I don’t regret it!
Yes! I long for a simple, machine washable A-line black knee-length skirt for summer: I have had some in the past, and I wore them to death…
I have a request along these lines! I am interested in some breezy pants–palazzo style, linen, NOT denim, for really hot NYC and Chicago weather. Would you ever consider doing a round up of these?
Thank you!
I have been searching for the same item! I love this round up.
I bought the long poplin skirt from LOFT (a place I typically refuse to spend money for a myriad of reasons). I tried to attach a link but my comment was deleted. It’s on sale for like $40 though!