How to choose the perfect skirt length

The length of your clothes is not determined by fashion, but by you and your style. If you put on a skirt and, looking in the mirror, you think something is wrong, try experimenting with the length. The length of the skirt depends on the size and proportions of your figure, style of clothing, shoes and age.

Even the most expensive and beautiful skirt on you can ruin everything if you do not take these factors into account. A style that suits a young, long-legged and slender woman of middle age and older may not suit. However, a long skirt, up to the floor, can be worn at an evening event, since it is problematic to enter public transport in it during the day. Therefore, take a closer look at fashion trends, and follow the advice in life. Giorgio Armani: "Find your ideal length and do not deviate from it."

How long should the perfect skirt be?

Straight tight skirts look best if they are just above the knee. And voluminous wide skirts - when they are long enough. But these are general concepts, and you have to choose. To determine the length of the skirt, do this experiment. To do this, take a centimeter and several pairs of shoes with different heel heights, a wide scarf or sarong, or just a piece of cloth. Invite someone else to help you. Put on your shoes, stand in front of a mirror in which you will see yourself at full height.

Wrap the fabric around your body so that the bottom edge is just above the floor. Now gradually roll up the fabric around your waist until you are satisfied with the way your legs look. Now ask the assistant to measure the length, and write down the number. This will become your maximum allowable length. Now we will determine the minimum acceptable length of the skirt in accordance with how beautiful your legs and in general you yourself look. Lift the sarong fabric until you see for yourself that the higher is not for you. Write down this figure as well.

Now take your skirts and check their length. Even 1-2cm change in skirt length can completely change your appearance, just do not forget about the proportions of your figure. Pin up the skirts that you are going to shorten with pins and try on in different lengths. Keep in mind that the bottom edge of the skirt does not end at the widest part of the leg, otherwise you will visually look like a larger woman. Experiment by lifting or lowering the bottom edge of your skirt from the widest part of your leg.

Maybe the chosen length turns out to be good for your legs, but violates the proportions of your figure, then stick to this rule - skirts should always be longer than wide. If you are a short woman, a mid-calf skirt will make you look large (wide). Now we talked about how to show your legs and the proportionality of your figure in the best light. But there is also the style of the skirt, and the corresponding shoes for it.

Skirts of different styles also suggest different shoes. Therefore, all experiments with the length should be carried out by wearing the shoes in which you intend to wear this skirt, creating the image as a whole.