AS WITH house prices, so it is with fashion: what goes up must come down. Still, even the most clairvoyant fashion expert might be forgiven for not predicting quite how rapidly or far hemlines would fall this spring. When times are good, so the old adage says, hemlines go up. In that case, times must be very, very bad - because the way to wear your skirts for spring/summer 2011 is very definitely below the knee.Where fashion is concerned, the rules are definitely made to be broken. No sooner are we bombarded with runway images of teenagers in skirts so brief they make your eyes water than the hottest item on the High Street turns out to be, yes, you guessed it: the long skirt.
Longer lengths were seen on the catwalk shows of designers such as Lanvin , Jil Sander , Marc Jacobs and Dolce and Gabanna. Now they have filtered down to the high street and all of the major retailers are doing them; Mango, Miss Selfridge,Zara, Pennys - you'll find them at all levels in the market, in all colours and every cut. But how do you wear them? If you're planning to try out the new maxi skirt trend, there are a couple of things to consider. First, this is a look that suits tall people with long legs; if you're very petite, a floor-length skirt will drown you. Long eveningwear is very grown up in expensive chiffons and silks.
Worn simply with statement jewellery and unfussy hair, the look is formal but maddeningly young and unstuffy. Flats are advised; fine stiletto or kitten heels can spoil hems; but stick with a chunky wedge or wooden heel style for safety if you need the added height. Then settle back and gaze smugly over the style landscape, and laugh at all that super-shorty nonsense, designed only and expressly for the very young and the very thin. A longer lenght can lift your mood. It changes the way you walk, sit and think. It suits both the very ht young and the very old. Power to the people, I say. Chuck out your razors! And don't trip up on those hems!
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