Mini or midi? The popular dichotomy when it comes to skirts opens up this season to a less rigid – and more elegant – subdivision. The case of the long skirt, the winter model par excellence, as well as the most popular in the autumn winter 2024/2025 collections. Screwed, rigorous, chic. From fashion shows to the street catwalk, the distance is short: today it is easy to spot the maxi skirt in day and evening outfitsalthough there are few that are really worth trying.
The basic problem to be addressed lies in the ceremonious length. How to make it suitable for everyday life, without losing elegance? Here is a mini guide to match the long skirt right now, on all occasions, focusing on originality.
Maxi skirt + bon ton jacket
Question of proportions. If the skirt touches your feet, the jacket will do the same to your waist. So it’s better to focus on it a short and feminine blazer, Sixties stylerather than on the oversized tailored jacket stolen from him.
A combination with the elegant long skirt that is not at all obvious and lends itself to various mixes of nuances and materials: tweed jacket and extra long leather skirt, for example.
“Peekaboo” effect shoes
The seasonal long skirt covers the shoes, almost touching the floor. Precisely this characteristic, together with the enveloping but not constricting cut, makes it perfect for the climate of the period. In every season, the combination with a shoe That peeps out and Standing out below the hem is essential. To keep up, a slingback or animalier ballerinas.
The elegant black blazer, the long gray skirt. And a pair of pumps that go “cuckoo” under the hem, with a roaring patina (Photo: Claudio Lavenia/Getty Images).
With belt at the waist
The belt on the long skirt, why not? To liven up a severe gray or pinstripe column model, all you need is a minimal accessory to tie at waist height. If it is not equipped with loops, you can opt for an impactful visual stratagem, wrapping the sweater or shirt.
The elegant long skirt enhanced by the belt at the waist: over the sweater, for an extra touch of glamor (Photo: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images).
Elegant long skirt + sneakers
The aim is to tone down the natural rigor of the silhouette given by the elegant long skirt. The simplest way, a pair of low sneakers with a vintage allureThat They go particularly well with the extra long satin slip skirt.
Vintage suede sneakers peek out from the satin maxi skirt (Photo: Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images).
Maxi skirt + micro top
As with the short jacket, a top also enhances the long skirt by contrast. A valid ally to experiment with now and propose again throughout the coming year.
Games of lengths: short top and long skirt, to be experimented all year round (Photo: Valentina Frugiuele/Getty Images).
During the day, the elegant long skirt is worn with the cropped sweater (also combined, like a maxi dress).
In the evening, a lace micro top over the long velvet skirt. More festive than this…
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