Claire’s Pick of the Best Pleated Skirts
A good pleated skirt earns its place through movement, not decoration. The pleats need to be pressed with enough conviction that they hold their line when static and swing open…
A good pleated skirt earns its place through movement, not decoration. The pleats need to be pressed with enough conviction that they hold their line when static and swing open…
Navy earns its keep in a way that black never quite manages. It has the same authority, the same ease against most skin tones, but none of the starkness that…
There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from a beige satin skirt, the sort that catches the light just enough to look expensive without ever looking like you…
A good pink tiered skirt earns its place through the drop of the fabric, not the colour alone. The tiers need to fall away from the body rather than stack…
Orange is not a colour that hides, which is exactly why it works so well in miniskirt form. A good one behaves like a piece of jewellery for the lower…
A pink satin skirt lives or dies on how the fabric catches light. Proper satin has a weight and a slight resistance to it, so it skims rather than clings,…
Purple sits in an unusual place in a skirt rail. It reads as a colour rather than a neutral, which means it does some of the work a print normally…
Yellow is the colour most people talk themselves out of and most regret avoiding once they see it working on someone else. In a maxi skirt, it earns its place…
A silver leather skirt works when the leather does something interesting under light rather than just sitting there looking metallic. Look for a finish with genuine depth, a pewter cast…
A good tartan skirt earns its place through weight and weave, not just the check itself. Proper wool or a wool blend holds a pleat with structure and gives the…