Pencil skirts...

[rubyredlocks]

I adore pencil skirts and love the look with a pretty feminine blouse and stockings with heels.
What I'm unsure of is how to wear them more casually.
I'm thinking of wearing one today with a boatneck sweater and ballet flats,but wonder if a flat is the wrong proportion.
How do you dress them up and casually?

 

[jitterbugdoll]

I think they can look very nice when paired with flats and even with saddle shoes or loafers for a more collegiate look. However, when wearing skirts with low heels or flats, I think the length of the skirt is important--too long and the combination is not always as flattering to your legs. I prefer to wear them just at or below the knee for the most flattering line with any style of shoe.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The lower the hemline, the higher the heel is the rule that works for me -- it helps to balance out the overall line, which is important since longer skirts draw the eye to the ankle.

Another good casual look might be with a sweater set -- something in a bright color, maybe?

 

[Brooksie]

How about a shoe with a kitten heel and a button down blouse with a collar, tuck it in and put on a belt that matches your shoes and of course do not forget some nice pearls to wear with your ensamble.

Brooksie

 

[Pink Dahlia]

This is a very good question.

Sadly, I only have one pencil skirt. And I've always worn it with a fancy pant blouse and heels. So casual me!

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Here's my go at it:

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

What an adorable outfit, and I love your hair! I wish I had saddle shoes, but if I did, I think I wouldn't wear them as I hate my legs in flats...they look all stumpy!

 

[rubyredlocks]

Great suggestions ladies.

I do love the collegiate look,but wonder is it appropriate for my age(37)?

 

[Paisley]

I recently bought this sweater in capri blue to wear with a straw-colored pencil skirted suit. I think it looks pretty good on my 38-year-old self.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Why aren't they called pen skirts? What's wrong with pens, anyway?

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[BegintheBeguine]

Sometimes a pen can be thick, like those big fat Parker pens when we were children. Pencils are thin, except for the big ones when a child is learning to write. Pencil-thin mustache, pencil-necked whatsit, but no, there's nothing wrong with pens. Except when they leak.

 

[Pink Dahlia]

What an adorable outfit, and I love your hair! I wish I had saddle shoes, but if I did, I think I wouldn't wear them as I hate my legs in flats...they look all stumpy!

Aw thanks...

 

[Pink Dahlia]

fftopic:
No and I'm not going anywhere near that post!

 

[Kimberly]

This is the pencil skirt I am going to wear tomorrow. It goes right below my knee and I am going to wear a heel about 2 inches high with it.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Wiggle

Work that skirt. Too cute!!!

 

[Lady Day]

Saucy Kimberly, very nice. And you have the highest cheekbones I think Ive ever seen!

LD

 

[Brooksie]

Great suggestions ladies.

I do love the collegiate look,but wonder is it appropriate for my age(37)?

I went to a FL event last month and I had the collegiate look (instead of a pencil skirt I had on a circle skirt with the saddle shoes and bobby sox and I am almost 39 and I thought it looked pretty good.

 

[Kimberly]

Saucy Kimberly, very nice. And you have the highest cheekbones I think Ive ever seen!

LD

Yes, the cheeks have been one of the things I was born with. Of course there is a lot of padding there too and I used to get them pinched all the time from elderly women when I was a little girl.

I am going to wear it with a blue cami (I don't have a blue full slip ) and navy blue shoes with a cherry pin. It will be cool enough here in Mass. tomorrow for me to get away with it. I would have died in it today because it was so humid here. The jacket is a light linen, but I was sweating in a light rayon dress today.

 

[rubyredlocks]

I used to wear mine in a similar fashion Brooksie(still a fave look).I think I just started to question it when I gained a larger clientalle of private schoolgirls and we're wearing the same shoe.

 

[StraightSeamGal]

Hmmm i sometimes i wear a pencil skirt with a plain polo neck or crew neck t-shirt in a colour like Red, Navy, Black or White , this keeps it chic looking just a little more relaxed.

LizzieMaine -
"The lower the hemline, the higher the heel is the rule that works for me "
I think i may make this may be my new mantra, its possibly the best advice i ever picked up.

Pink Dahlia - You look as cute as a button
Kimberley - Very nice indeed and i second that cheekbones comment, they are amazing