What length of skirt is considered decent? Skirt - it's all about the length
Skirt shape and length. March 27th, 2013
Very useful to know. I've always acted instinctively, whether I like it or not. But I didn’t think much about what would suit girls whose figure is different from mine, and when they start asking me if this would suit me, and do you think they could do it for me like this or like that, I hang up a little. So I decided to collect a little information about what others have already thought about for a long time and what should be kept in mind since they began to come to me with such questions.
One or two centimeters can ruin the whole look... After all, the horizontal line of the skirt “cuts” the leg and draws attention precisely to this line. If it passes at the widest point, the legs will appear fuller, if at the thinnest point, they will appear slimmer. It would seem a simple secret, but how many of us are guided by this rule when choosing a skirt? Meanwhile, the right skirt length can make our legs look perfect.
Classic skirt length - knee-length
- suits almost everyone, looks strict and is ideal for business style. In order to determine the correct length of such a skirt, you need to stand in front of the mirror and carefully examine your legs. We determine the narrowest place in the knee area, this will be our ideal length.
If you are not tall or have short/full legs, then show off your legs by wearing a skirt that is above the knee. This will visually elongate your silhouette. Don't forget to wear high heels
Mini
Those who prefer miniskirts can use the following method:
We stand straight, hands at our sides, the point that our fingertips touch will be our ideal minimum length.
Short/mini skirts are ideal:
For short people
For ladies with short legs
For ladies with full legs
But a mini/short skirt is not suitable for:
Apple body type
someone who wants to look professional and elegant
Midi.
A mid-calf skirt is the most dangerous length; if you have full calves, it is better to avoid such a length altogether, otherwise you risk appearing fuller than you really are. For girls with slender legs or moderately plump ones (if they have heels), this length will come in handy.
Midi skirts are best for:
For skinny ladies
Tall ladies.
For ladies of short stature, it is recommended to wear a midi length so that the skirt is not very full and fits the hips, creating a sleek mermaid silhouette. Looks very feminine. And you definitely need to choose the right high-heeled shoes to match your tights. Do not wear with boots whose top ends before the skirt begins. It is necessary that the end of the boot is hidden under the skirt, preferably a tight-fitting boot or a semi-fitting boot, if ankle boots - then only with a platform and a heel of at least 12 cm, and of course high-heeled pumps, preferably also with a platform. Don’t yet choose shoes with straps that visually cut the length of your legs.
Maxi Skirts
They draw attention to the feet and ankles, so shoes must be chosen perfectly. If your shin is longer than your thigh, this is the ideal length for you. Otherwise, mini or midi would be more suitable. As for the maxi skirt, even if it is “floor-length”; an unclear length between midi and maxi can look a little old-fashioned.
Long skirts can make short ladies look short, while thin ladies can look squat and square. The main thing is that the skirt fits your hips.
Taller women can wear a long gypsy skirt (full), because the large amount of fabric will not eat up the height.
Guidelines for wearing long skirts:
The hem of the skirt should touch or cover your ankles, which are just below the thinnest part of your legs. Because by opening the thinnest part of the legs, you create the illusion of thin legs.
The top of the set can be anything: from a regular T-shirt to a biker jacket. The waist can be emphasized, but you can also wear a voluminous sweater.
If you are the lucky owner of long legs, a skirt on the hips is your option; if your legs are too thin, you can choose a skirt whose length ends just above the knee on the widest part of the leg. For girls with full legs, skirts that fit at the hips and slightly widen towards the lower legs are suitable.
When choosing the length of your skirt, you need to take your height into account. For short girls, the ideal length is knee-length; for tall girls, skirts above the knee or shorter skirts are suitable.
For those who like exact numbers, stylists have developed a special formula for calculating the correct skirt length. To determine the minimum length of the shortest micro-skirt - multiply your height by a factor of 0.18, to determine the length of a mini-skirt - by 0.26 (choice range from D = P * 0.22 - 0.3), for a skirt - pencil - by 0.35 (for young girls we subtract 3 cm from this value, for older women we add 3 cm), for midi - by 0.5 (range from 0.4 to 0.55*P), for maxi - 0 .62 (adjusted depending on heel height).
You can also try to determine the ideal length of the skirt experimentally: take a piece of fabric and try to make a model of the skirt, changing the length in front of the mirror, you will see in which case your legs look slimmer and which length is contraindicated for you
Can skirt length ruin your reputation? If it is chosen perfectly, then it is unlikely.
A Canadian student “sentenced” women to life imprisonment within the framework of stereotypes with one photo.
She made a visual aid on her own leg, illustrating the relationship between skirt length and a woman's reputation. Her photo, posted on the microblog, was commented on by 270 thousand people advocating for women’s freedom from labels.
Photo by Rosie Lake "The Verdict"
Top down:
A prostitute
Woman of easy virtue
Running into trouble
Provocateur
Sassy
Flirting
Decent
Old-fashioned
Hypocrite
Honorable woman
I won’t be so blunt in condemning women who wear skirts that are too short or too long, but I admit that I am also at the mercy of some stereotypes.
In particular, I believe that the “correct” image of a woman is calculated using a formula in which the unknown quantities are the length of the skirt and the height of the heel.
Sometimes it’s also the girl’s age and the presence/absence of a man nearby. For example, young girl+ miniskirt + stiletto heels = flirty frivolity.
Woman over 30+ miniskirt + stilettos = vicious frivolity. Although it is worth removing the heels from this formula or adding an accompanying man, and that’s it - there is no depravity or frivolity.
Most dangerous length- to mid-calf. Without stilettos, you will get the sagging silhouette of a woman tired of life. Add a high heel - and voila: elegant and feminine!
However, neither a man nor a high heel will correct the situation if the length of the skirt was chosen incorrectly.
Depending on the height, shape and length of your legs, you can find your ideal length. There are three ways to do this.
First- for the lazy. There are only two rules. First: a knee-length skirt suits almost everyone.
Second: the hemline “cuts” the leg and draws attention to this area. If the skirt ends at the widest point of the leg, then the leg will appear fuller, and if at the narrowest point, it will appear slimmer. Also, the skirt must not end at a point where the curvature or other defect of the legs is obvious.
In total, these two rules give the ideal length of the skirt - at the narrowest point of the knee. You can stand in front of the mirror and determine this place yourself.
Girls free from stereotypes can experimentally determine your minimum length. To do this, you need to stand up straight and straighten your arms at your sides. The place where your fingers reach is the highest point of your prudence.
Maxi skirt will help hide all the imperfections in the shape of your legs. And the waistline - high or low - will also adjust their length. The most comfortable length of a maxi skirt is “floor-length”; such a skirt can be worn with high heels and flat shoes.
If you are partial to accurate data, then arm yourself with a calculator and a centimeter. Professional seamstresses calculate the optimal skirt length using the following formulas.
So, micro skirt. Essentially one that ends before it begins. But even for her there is the concept of a minimum length, which can be calculated by multiplying your height by 0.18. In my case (164 x 0.18), a meager twenty-nine centimeters are appropriate, perhaps, only in the marital bedroom.
The range of the coefficient in the case of a miniskirt is from 0.22 to 0.3. I multiplied my height by the average between them 0.26. Well, 42 centimeters of fabric around the waist is my favorite resort length.
The coefficient for knee-length skirts is 0.35. But then the stylists make an amendment that smacks of age discrimination. We multiply the height by 0.35, and then (attention!) young girls subtract 3 cm from the resulting value, and older women add 3 centimeters. I multiplied 164 by 0.35 and got the figure 57.4.
But then I had to step on the throat of my coquetry and add another 3 centimeters. And my length confidently crept towards sanctimonious, according to the classification of the stern Canadian.
Using the same system, you can calculate your midi and maxi skirt length. For a midi skirt, the coefficient range is from 0.4 to 0.55, for a maxi skirt - 0.62.
And finally, third, the easiest way to determine your best length. Stand near the mirror and connect your legs: if they touch your knees, shins and feet, then three gaps appear between them.
So, the middle of each gap is considered the most suitable place for the hemline of the skirt.
So, I hope you have found your ideal length. Now, as Giorgio Armani advises, “...don’t deviate from it!”
VELVET: Yulia Petrunenko
Mini, midi or maxi? What length should I choose for a skirt to show off the beauty of my legs?
Finally, boring trousers and practical jeans can be put aside! Long live summer - time for skirts! Flowing, flying, long and short, flared, pencil, tulip - there are so many of them, very different, and yet every season designers offer us new models. Which you want to buy. All at once. And then look at the reflection in the mirror and try to figure out what to wear with the next new thing and is it worth keeping it in your wardrobe at all? For some reason, the legs in it are not so long, and the waist seems to have spread out, and in general - somehow something is wrong and something is not right... Let's figure out what length is yours, and from what length your legs will lose, and at the same time we will try on shoes - after all, all eyes will be focused on the open part of the legs.
Long skirt "on the floor"
Do you think it's old-fashioned and won't impress men? No matter how it is! Long skirts compete with miniskirts in terms of eroticism, but to feel sexy in such clothes, you need the skirt to be made of good fabric (beautiful and light), well sewn and give freedom of movement. When walking, you will have to push the fabric slightly with your knees, the gait will become loose, which is called “from the hip”, and you simply won’t be able to walk any other way - otherwise you can get tangled in the skirt. Keep this point in mind - you definitely need beautiful shoes to go with a long skirt - they, as well as your foot and ankle, will be the center of male attention.
Mid-calf skirt
The length is dangerous - such skirts can look beautiful or ugly - it all depends on the slimness and beauty of the legs. If your calves are full, or your legs are athletic and pumped up, refrain from this length. Slender legs with graceful ankles, which only benefit from a long skirt, in this case will seem like thin legs like matchsticks. If the legs are moderately full, this length is yours. Wear good shoes and admiring glances are guaranteed.
Knee length skirt
Classic length, and it suits almost any shape and fullness of legs. Both young girls and more mature women love to wear such skirts; any classic-cut blouses or jackets look great with a skirt of this length. The shoes are feminine, with comfortable heels at a comfortable height for you.
Mid-knee skirt
For such a skirt you need ideal legs - slender, beautifully shaped with graceful ankles. Alas, most women can only dream of ideal legs, and therefore it is better to avoid such a length; it emphasizes all the shortcomings of the legs - thinness or fullness of the lower legs, plump knees, massive ankles. Even beautiful expensive shoes will not correct the situation; on the contrary, they will only draw attention to the legs, and therefore to the imperfection of shape.
Skirt above the knee
If you decide to open your knees, then you should remember that they will definitely be looked at. And one more thing - get ready for your legs to be discussed. Beautiful - to discuss, admire and even envy. And if the legs are far from ideal, also discuss them, but this time the shortcomings that you will demonstrate to everyone. Hence the conclusion - if you want to flaunt in a short skirt, pay attention to your figure. Plump, loose legs can be dried in the gym; for thin legs, the calf muscles can be pumped up.
Mid-thigh skirt
It may seem strange to say that it is precisely this length of the skirt that makes imperfections less noticeable. You don’t have to worry about fat or angular knees, not quite the beautiful shape of your legs, pumped-up calves—few people will notice this. All attention is focused on the upper, open part of the legs, so this length suits almost everyone. Unless your legs are too full, you shouldn’t open them so much. Mid-thigh length skirts are suitable for young girls. Older ladies still need to be more careful with their choice, even if they have an excellent figure and slender legs. Spider veins, not quite elastic skin above the knees, insidious cellulite - all this shows age and is sure to cause discussion. However, defects can be hidden with thick tights.
Shoes are selected depending on the style of the skirt, and there is a wide choice here - pumps, ballet flats, sports and beach shoes, flats, stilettos, boots of any height.
Very short skirts
The length of the skirt “to the butt” is very insidious. Firstly, to wear skirts of this length you need to have a certain courage and feel relaxed and free in a very short skirt. If you constantly pull down your skirt that is raised (as it seems to you), then you will not look sexy and attractive, but funny and absurd. Secondly, you need to be able to wear a skirt so as not to seem approachable and frivolous. Unfortunately, not all girls can do this.
Formula for success
To determine the ideal skirt length for you with centimeter accuracy, use the formula developed by stylists. It is simple - you should remember that the hemline of the skirt will visually “cut” your legs and attract all the attention. To make your legs look slimmer, this line should go through the most slender areas of your legs. Conversely, if you want your legs to appear fuller than they actually are, choose a length so that the hemline of the skirt passes through the fullest part of your leg. Of course, this rule does not apply to miniskirts.
And finally, advice from Giorgio Armani - “Find the ideal skirt length for yourself and don’t deviate from it.”
One of the important parameters when sewing a skirt is its length. The skirt can only slightly cover the panties, it can go down to the floor, it can be located at knee level in Italian style. With the same cut, the length of the skirt will determine its perception, and sometimes the degree of acceptability in society.
For this reason, when taking measurements, it is necessary to discuss the length of the product with the client.
This is especially true for very short skirts, where plus or minus 5 cm sometimes makes all the difference. If the situation arises that the client has already left, and besides the information “Make it shorter” or “I need a long one,” you have nothing else, use the rules below to roughly calculate the length of the skirt.
These ratios are valid for most female figures and use only one parameter - height.
You can find out the customer’s height as if by chance in a conversation, or you can estimate it “by eye” relative to yourself. By the way, these same rules can be successfully used when cutting trousers and breeches, as well as when working with standard figures using table measurements. Calculation of skirt length depending on height
Relationship between height and skirt length. Examples of calculations. For example, a client is 170 cm tall. Then, the minimum skirt length for her is 0.18*170=31 cm. A regular mini skirt is 0.26*170=44 cm. A knee-length skirt is Dk=0.35* 170=60 cm, Di=60-3=57 cm. Midi skirt - Di=0.5*170=85 cm. And finally, the maxi skirt has a length Di=105 cm. Micro mini..
This is the length when the panties are not yet visible, but the legs are fully visible. From the waist line, go down a centimeter along the buttocks until it stops at your leg. This is the minimum length of the skirt, shorter than which you should not make the skirt. This length can be estimated by the formula Di = 0.18 * P (height) you can safely move around the city without escort.
The group of miniskirts is quite wide, so the choice of the desired length can be made in the range - from 0.22 * R to 0.3 * R. Knee length. Knee level (Kk) is determined by the fold line under the knee. However, when cutting along the exact line of the knee, the edge of the skirt will inevitably wrinkle. For this reason, for young girls we make the length Di = Dk - 3 cm, and for elegant ladies - Di = Dk + 3 cm. The position of the knee can be estimated using the formula.
Dk = 0.35 * P Midi skirt. Midi skirts are located in the interval between the ankle and knee. This length can be calculated using the formula: Di = 0.5 * P
. But this will be only one of the possible values. As in the case of mini skirts, the midi length can be chosen from the range - from 0.4 * R to 0.55 * R. Maxi skirt. The length of this skirt reaches almost to the floor. "Maxi" is estimated by the formula:
Di = 0.62 * P
. When cutting, to the estimated “maxi” length, you need to add centimeters for the height of the heel if the lady plans to wear a skirt (or trousers) with high-heeled shoes, or subtract a few centimeters for ease of wear and cleanliness of the hem if the shoes are flat-soled.
All the above formulas are developed based on the Golden Ratio and allow you to create waist band models that are ideal for you (or your client) in proportions. Finding the optimal skirt length
Choosing the length of the skirt.
The best skirt length always goes through the slimmer parts of your legs.
To create the effect of slender legs, the hemline of the skirt should pass through the most slender parts of the leg, whether it is the line above the knee or below. The opposite rule is also true.
By drawing this line through the fullest part of the leg (for example, the middle of the calf), we will get the effect of fuller legs than they actually are.
The picture on the left shows three skirt length options that will make your legs look slender.
Regardless of what figure a girl or woman has, she can always present it correctly, provided that she chooses the right clothes. Unfortunately, this rule can also have the opposite effect, because a poorly chosen image can easily ruin even the most graceful figure.
When choosing a skirt, special attention should be paid not only to its style, but also to its length, which is a key feature of the product. A few centimeters can incorrectly emphasize the proportions of the body, visually adding extra pounds to its owner.
- Types of skirts depending on their length
- Before choosing the skirt length that suits you, you should understand their classification.
- Micro or ultra-mini. Skirts this long completely reveal your legs without leaving much room for reflection. To maintain decency and choose the optimal skirt length for herself, a lady should multiply her height by 0.18. Choosing a product shorter than the received number will be considered a provocation;
- Miniskirts also show off your legs, but not as revealingly. The length of such a skirt should be equal to the girl’s height, which should be multiplied by a factor of 0.3;
- Knee length skirt. The length of such a thing should be determined by multiplying the woman’s height by a factor of 0.35;
A midi skirt is determined by an interval of 0.5 parts of a woman's height;
Well, the last look, maxi - a floor-length skirt.
Determining the correct skirt length
There is a general rule for choosing the length of a skirt. Since a skirt makes a horizontal line on our body and thereby attracts attention to a specific area, it is necessary that this very place is really worthy of attention. Girls whose hips are overtly plump should not wear a miniskirt. Another situation is similar: if there is a significant distance between the girl’s hips, then with the help of a miniskirt it can be made even larger.
Skirts whose length reaches mid-knee can be called the most feminine. It is thanks to them that you can highlight all the charms of the female body. However, you should know that such a length can simultaneously emphasize figure flaws, so only those with perfect legs can choose it. A skirt of this type can also be used by a woman when she wants to create a businesslike and respectable style, because the average length is one of the points of the dress code.
If the length of the thigh is greater than the length of the shin, then in such situations skirts above the middle of the knee are suitable. If the proportions are the opposite, namely the lower leg is longer than the thigh, then preference should be given to midi skirts, as well as knee-length items. Tall girls with a slender figure can afford to wear skirts that are longer than the knees.
If a representative of the fair sex cannot boast, then she should not get carried away with skirts that are not too short. In this case, medium-length products and high-heeled shoes in combination with tights of the same color will help to visually stretch out. If a girl has too thin legs, then this flaw can be hidden with the help of light-colored tights and skirts above the knee. Ladies with curvy figures, but with slender calves and plump hips should pay attention to models of knee-length skirts and heeled pumps, which will emphasize thin ankles.
Maxi skirts receive special attention. After all, they suit absolutely everyone. The exception may be very petite girls, and even then, if they wish, they will be able to choose a suitable style for themselves. In addition, skirts of this length have remained in fashion for several years. And finally, in the modern world, men love exactly this length of skirts, as they consider it the sexiest.
You should also remember that choosing the right length of the skirt is not enough, you need to present the item with dignity. A woman should feel the inner comfort that the chosen clothing gives her, and only then will she be able to wear it with dignity.
