Fashion

[kate2357]

I mostly wore button down blouses and shirts with suited skirts and pants because I think I look better with a collar at neck. I have a hard time with pop over woven tops because I'm slim, but busty. Pop over woven tops that fit me thru the bust, typically have too much material at waist. I also prefer to tuck in blouses and shirts, so getting a slim fit is important to me. 

Knit fabrics are way more forgiving and those I tend to wear untucked with skirts. If am wearing a knit top with a skirt I usually add a jacket so I can get that collar. 

[LuvSoCal]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Back in the 80's and 90's I remember wearing skirts that had a slight sweep (for lack of a better word), slightly below the knee and I paired them with a button down silk shirt.

I also wore white cotton button down shirts with paisley cotton skirts. Talbots used to carry a lot of them @ECBG .

I haven't worn them in years as I wear more summer dresses now and if I do wear a skirt it is with a cotton tee

shirt....🌺

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@Trinity11  Are you, by any chance, referring to a trumpet skirt? I had a couple of suits with that style skirt. I, also paired them with a silk button front blouse. That was years ago when I dressed for the position I aspired to. Glad those days are over.

[CatsyCline]

i love the paisley skirt with a tailored shirt!   it looks dressy yet fun.

many moons ago i loved to wear a Lacoste polo with a cotton skirt; i had summery plaid and tiny floral skirts and pretty pink and green polos.

[Sooner]

In my world, there is never a bad time for a crisp white button down shirt.  For a man or a woman! 

[Icegoddess]

@ECBG, this thread just gave me an idea.  I have a very nice button-down white-ish shirt and have been struggling with what to wear with it.  I'm now thinking about wearing it with my pink denim Giuliani Tulip skirt with a light pink cotton T layered underneath. 

[Dlv123]

@Icegoddess that sounds really cute together!

[Trinity11]

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@LuvSoCal wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Back in the 80's and 90's I remember wearing skirts that had a slight sweep (for lack of a better word), slightly below the knee and I paired them with a button down silk shirt.

I also wore white cotton button down shirts with paisley cotton skirts. Talbots used to carry a lot of them @ECBG .

I haven't worn them in years as I wear more summer dresses now and if I do wear a skirt it is with a cotton tee

shirt....🌺

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@Trinity11  Are you, by any chance, referring to a trumpet skirt? I had a couple of suits with that style skirt. I, also paired them with a silk button front blouse. That was years ago when I dressed for the position I aspired to. Glad those days are over.

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@LuvSoCal , if I remember correctly, I wore some skirts that had distinctive panels coming from the waist of the skirt. They gave the appearance of the skirt being flared but not a trumpet skirt. I also remember one particular suit I bought from Ralph Lauren. It was a copy of the gray suit that Kim Novak wore in "Vertigo."

[chrystaltree]

I wear crisp white button downs with summery print skirts a lot.  Maxi skirts and midi skirts.  I roll the sleeves like we see here.   I add a wide belt.  I'm on vacation in the lake area of NH and it's cool at night.  I bought 2 white button downs to wear over maxi dresses when we go to dinner.  

[skatting44]

I wear whatever style top or  traditional blouse that looks the best with whatever style skirt that I am wearing

[Iwantcoffee]