Perfect for casual wear with ladylike ruffles! From Nanette Lepore.

I know I’ve mentioned my devoted avoidance of pants during the summer months in connection with dresses.  One of my favorite things about the warm weather, though, is the chance to wear skirts.  I know, skirts are totally doable during winter months, but honestly, I’m seldom hard-core enough to wear skirts even with tights if it’s below freezing outside.  I may be a Northerner, but I’m also a terrible wuss.

I’ve just started to break out my skirt wardrobe for the season.  I definitely have my share of flirty prints, but my workhorse skirts for the summer are always the solid-colored ones that I can wear with any top that comes to hand.  That said, though, I love a skirt with a little embellishment, be it ruffles, zippers, or bows.  Practical and versatile doesn’t need to mean boring.  This season the designers have a lot of great options that can be dressed up but that would also be perfect for casual wear.  I am LOVING the Nanette Lepore option above, but more of my favorites follow after the jump.

I don’t know about you, but I am a total sucker for lacing.  (We won’t inquire too deeply into my psyche to explain that one, if you don’t mind.)  Here are a couple of great ones:

Ladylike but HOT. Also in navy at Nordstrom. From Nanette Lepore.

A slightly more easy-going silhouette from Leifsdottir.

I personally like the pencil silhouette to give my relatively straight and narrow figure some extra va-voom, but the tulip shape of the second one is fun and flirty.  I actually don’t think I own a single skirt with a bow or tie (how’d that happen?), but I might have to rectify that situation this summer — there are a whole bunch of cute ones out there:

Great color! From Mason by Michelle Mason.

The denim skirt made ladylike! From Theory.

I’m also a huge sucker for a decorative but functional zipper; one of my favorite pencil skirts (from Rag and Bone) zips all the way down the front to give it a little extra edge.  This one also caught my eye:

The best part about this one?  The fact that it zips up from the bottom as well as down from the top so that you can flash a little leg if you want.  (Not that I would ever do anything like that.)

Join the skirt revolution, ladies!  And enjoy!

Tags: Fashion, Leifsdottir, Mason by Michelle Mason, Nanette Lepore, Plastic Island, Skirts

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