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Now what? Well, now comes the fun part: working out what to wear with your awesome new midi skirt. So, you have your perfectly hemmed midi skirt. (My dog is actually my best friend, but that has nothing to do with midi skirts, so…) If you can sew, taking up a hem will be child’s play for you: if you can’t, it shouldn’t cost much to have it done for you, so hit up Google and find someone who can do the deed. As long as your skirt is longer than average, people will still see a “midi”, so you’ll get the effect you’re after without feeling like you’re in a costume drama. If the mid-calf look isn’t for you, try going a little bit shorter. Most of them have also been altered to get them to that length: the one I’m wearing in the photos below ( Collectif’s ‘Leisel’ circle skirt, if you’re wondering) is one of the few exceptions to this rule, but the vast, vast majority of midi skirts available on the high street right now will come almost to my ankles, so they have to go for the chop before I can wear them. The thing is, you don’t actually NEED to wear a mid-calf-length skirt to get the effect of a midi, though: a slightly shorter skirt will create the same kind of effect, but be much easier to style, which is why most of the “midi” skirts you see me wear hit just below the knee, rather than at mid-calf. ‘m not saying it can’t be done – pretty much ANYTHING can be done, if you have the right attitude – but it’ll be tricky, and why would you make things tricky when you don’t have to ? We’re not going to do that, though, and the reason is that this is not a flattering place for a skirt to hit. Because here’s the thing: a true midi skirt (like they used to wear back in the Olden Days) should ideally hit around mid calf – hence the name “midi”. No, wait: that’s Fight Club, isn’t it? OK, the first rule of midi skirts is that they’re not all equal, which means you must choose your skirt with care, and probably get it tailored to make sure it fits you properly. So, the first rule of midi skirts is that you don’t talk about midi skirts. Because if I can do it, anyone can: trust me on this. If you’re one of those people, then, this post is for you, and is here to show you that yes, you CAN wear a midi skirt: even if you think you’re too short, or too round, or too whatever-it-is that’s holding you back. God, it’s horrible the things people say about themselves, isn’t it? (Not the Queen Elizabeth thing, obviously: I mean, her Madge is stylin’.)
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Well, I’m going to try, anyway: I just want to be clear here that I in no way consider myself to be an expert on the dark art of midi-skirting, but I do get quite a lot of comments from readers who say they’d like to wear some of the skirts I’m always prancing around in, but are worried they’ll make them look super-short, or stumpy, or like Queen Elizabeth II on a bad day. In the wrong hands, they can end up looking downright frumpy, in fact, and that, my friends, is what I’m here to help you with today. They’re awkward, is what I’m trying to say here. And she’s got no time for all this ‘fashion’ nonsense, let me tell you, because she’s got to get to the shop before it closes, and buy young Jimmy some kippers for his tea, and… wait, where was I? No, your midi skirt has only gone and transformed you into Audrey, the little old lady from down the road, instead. … right up to the moment you look in the mirror, and discover that the midi skirt you thought would look SO chic hasn’t magically turned you into Audrey, Ultimate Style Icon. So exactly like something Audrey Hepburn might wear…