Leather Skirt Styling: Tops, Jackets, Shoes and Tights
I own seven leather skirts. Seven. I counted them last week while doing a closet audit that was supposed to be about donating things, and instead turned into a moment…
Black Satin Skirt: Simple Tops and Shoes That Let It Shine
I own exactly one black satin skirt, a midi with a bias cut that hits just below the knee, and I have worn it, by my own rough count going…
Pleated Skirt Outfits: Boots, Jackets, Shirts and Tops
My sister Mara texted me a single line the morning I wore my gray pleated midi to her kid’s school recital: “Since when do you dress like you have a…
Satin Midi Skirt: Tops, Shoes and Boots
I own eleven satin midi skirts. Eleven. I counted them last Sunday while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in donations and instead resulted in me lying…
Midi Denim Skirt: Jackets, Shoes and Tops
I count them every so often, usually right before I try to shove one more onto the hanger and the rod threatens legal action, and last week the number came…
Black Leather Skirt: Jackets, Tights, Shoes and Tops
I need to tell you about the time I wore a pleather skirt to my friend’s engagement dinner and left looking like I was moonlighting as a dominatrix flight attendant,…
Satin Skirt for a Night Out: What to Pair It With
The satin skirt has a reputation for looking cheap the second you move wrong under bad lighting, and for about fifteen years I believed that completely. I’d wear one, catch…
Silk Skirt: Styling Ideas
Everyone talks about silk skirts like they’re a hazard. Dry clean only, wrinkles if you breathe near it, only comes out for the one wedding a year where you’re forced…
Silver Sequin Skirt: Tops That Work
I own four silver sequin skirts. Four. I counted them last week while doing a closet purge that was supposed to result in fewer things, not an inventory of a…
Black Sequin Skirt: Tops and Outfit Ideas
I’ve owned a black sequin skirt since roughly 2011, and for most of that time I treated it the way most people treat theirs, as a single-occasion garment that comes…