Wear Me Already: Theory

Last week I was told I have the nicest skirts. I do favour skirts, mostly because I'm petite and don't want to shell out the whopping $7 to hem every pair of pants I buy. Ok, maybe I'm just too lazy to take them in to be hemmed and impatient waiting for them to be ready. There are places that say they can hem them in an hour but they are LIARS! (Kelly Ripa turned me on to cropped pants - not personally, I don't actually know her - but I haven't found many that I like.) Since fall is my favourite time of year to shop, it's going to be extremely challenging because I'm really loving the skirts I've been seeing for fall, especially the "midi" pleated ones. (I know I'm petite and not supposed to wear certain lengths, but I don't listen. I think if you pair it with the right top, belt, shoes, you can make it work.) But I know I have about 15 skirts for fall in my closet. Two challenges for fall: 1) To wear every skirt I have at least twice, or donate/sell them once and for all. No more, "I might wear this in the future some time...maybe...I think I will...I mean it still fits so why wouldn't I?"; and 2) I need to figure out what I actually "need" unlike what I normally do, which is shop without a real purpose, overspend and be left with a lot of new pieces but nothing to pair them with or pieces similar to what I already have. (Seriously, I bought 6 blue and white striped pieces this summer. 6!?) One might argue I don't "need" any skirts if I have 15 in my closet (and I agree, somewhat) so I might only be able to justify buying only one - a style that's missing from my closet. Now, which one to choose.

Mini / above the knee (some pleated)

Medina Jersey Short Skirt: French Connection

Theory Pleated Velvet Skirt: bergdorfgoodman.com

Dallin Chase

Wren

Circa Skirt: Camilla and Marc

Rodarte x Opening Ceremony Cable
Skirt: barneys.com

Another must-have: fringe!

Multicolor Fringed Wool Skirt: chloe.com

Pleated

Allegra Pleated Knit Skirt: dolcevita.com

Nanette Skirt: clubmonaco.com

Plie Miniskirt: wilfred.com

Alice + Olivia Elizabeth Striped Skirt: neimanmarcus.com

Perfect Pleat Midi Skirt: millyny.com

Alexander McQueen Pleated Wool Mini Skirt: saks.com

Knee-length / midi / mid-length / tea length

Loving Fall Tea Length Skirt: freepeople.com

Sashed Sweater Skirt: anthropologie.com

Marc by Marc Jacobs Sphinx Velvet Mid
Skirt: nordstrom.com

I LOVE anything and everything tweed!

Eckly Skirt: toryburch.com

Alice + Olivia Niall Tweed Pencil
Skirt: shopbop.com

Maxi

Marc by Marc Jacobs Cecily Jersey Skirt: saks.com

Maxi Desert Skirt: rag-bone.com

Leather

I did just sell my (faux) leather skirt on eBay so I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to replace what was once in my closet without it really counting as a purchase.

mango.com

Leather Paneled Skirt: gapcanada.ca

Joie Felecia Leather Skirt: revolveclothing.com

Dallin Chase Flynn Leather Skirt:
shopbop.com

LOVE this look!

Vince Leather Miniskirt: neimanmarcus.com

Feather skirt anyone? I'm not going to lie, I LOVE this! (I'm definitely missing one of these from my closet.)

Zara

I love leather pants but I've always had a thing for corduroy. Looking back on old pictures from when I was about 4, I used to be bothered by the fact that I always seemed to have on brown corduroy pants and I always wondered why my mom dressed me so much like a boy, especially when I didn't have any older brothers whose clothes would be passed down. Yet, throughout my life, I always had a pair of corduroy pants on hand in my closet. Always brown ones. I actually have a Guess pair that I haven't worn in a long time, so they will definitely go on my Wear Me Already list for fall. If I have to choose between leather pants and a new pair of corduroys for fall, I think it's going to be a tough decision. Hopefully I don't have to choose. Because I'm already having a hard time choosing which colour corduroys to buy. These definitely would not make me look like a boy.