London is experiencing a freak mini-heat wave at the moment. Yesterday, London was hotter than Barcelona at 24 degrees celcius. So every bit of green space in London was covered with office lunchers, Evian water was selling like hot cakes in all the convenience stores and of course, out came the summer outfits. Now I was really thinking that the gypsy skirt trend of 2005 would well and truly be buried this year seeing as Londoners are notoriously a fashoin-fickle bunch and high street stores are DEFINITELY not stocking these antiquated skirts anymore. However, I counted no less than 17 woman in tiered gypsy skirts in shades of brown, orange and some awful pastel shades yesterday. When paired with white tanks and crochet cropped shrugs, it was like walking around in 2005 again. Whatever rocks their boat, but I was never that hot on the look first time round. To have it lingering around is a bit odd – perhaps my immersion into what’s going on the catwalks has warped my perception of fashion reality. I want to try and believe there is some merit in this phenomenally-popular skirt so I shall go home later and ponder the two gypsy tiered skirts that I do have and see what the hell I’m supposed to do with them.
I agree they’re horrible, but they’re easy and that’s why they’ll probably stick around until it becomes really too embarrassing.
The thing is, these really started swinging around in 2004 (for the fashion forward) so I am really tired of these. They are still decent looking and very ‘summery’ but I am pretty tired of them. I’m more into very full broomstick pleated skirts or full on circle skirts right now as an updated version.
i have one that is knee length and a very unusual material
the seperations are smaller and its kinda ruffly
i like it so much more than the kind in the pictures
those are soooo old
So glad to find that others agree with me! I was NEVER into these and while they were “hot” it was so so freaking hard to locate a pencil skirt!
haul it up and wear it as a dress with a belted waist?
Well, i suppose the ones wearing them haven’t updated their wardrobes yet…or that normal people wear past trends easily, i mean, they do not have, nor need, to be fashion forward.
Anyways I did always hate those horrible things.
Remember reading from metro last year that some girl was badly burnt cause her gipsy skirt caught fire accidently!:S
that’s wierd. but i always forget that some people aren’t fashion obsessed and change their wardrobe right away. they keep on loving their things. but those skirts really get on my nerves.
Yes…. I never got in the trend full on like a lot of people did last year and of course there is nothing wrong with getting more wear out of things – I was just mildly surprised since women in London (not just fashion peeps!) tend to be very faddy and if it ain’t hanging on the dummies of Topshop, they’re not gonna be caught dead in it – gypsy skirts being one of those said items. Mildly surprised – kind of makes me want to revisit these skirts and see whether there is indeed a good way of wearing them. (Meg: I’m a big fan of the skress look too but the gypsy skirts that I do have aren’t good for skress-ing!)
I love them. eing a bit on the big size, I love the comfort of an elasticated waist and I adore the whole gypsy thing about them they can be layered on on top of the other, hiked up in the middle for the salsa look with off the shoulder tops and jewelled musles I think nothing looks nicer. But then again I am a fashion concious less 49 year old. I loved gypsy skirts the first time round and will when I am 90! I love love love them, because they look great i suppose if you love them. With sequins and beaded bags/shoes. fantasic (sorry to all you fashion consciou youngsters…..
time round and will when I am 90! I love love love them, because they look great i suppose if you love them. With sequins and beaded bags/shoes. fantasic (sorry to all you fashion consciou youngsters…..