Skirts

Do you know your best skirt length? It's quite simple really, a matter of appreciating your figure assets and acknowledging your challenges.

Short skirts (thigh length) look great if you have slim, shapely legs and knees. Avoid wearing extremely short skirts - 6cm above your knee is modest, alhtough that may still be too much for some conservative environments.

Knee length skirts suit most women and if you have lovely knees then show them with a just-above knee length.

My knees aren't gorgeous (neither are they too dreadful) so I wear my skirts long enough to just cover them.

To discover your best knee length, slowly slide the hem-line of a scarf or sarong over your knees while you watch in a full-length mirror. You can discover your best shortest- and longest- length using this method.

Have you noticed you automatically wear your wider skirts longer than your slim skirts? It looks better doesn't it? (due to proportions).

If you have, or want to cover, heavy legs and calves then choose calf- or ankle- length skirts. Hem your skirt in line with the end of your calf muscle or slightly lower (nb not the widest part of the lower leg).

Ankle length skirts suit those who are 1.65m (5'5") or taller.

If you are 'vertically challenged' (short, like me) then remember that dresses offer the very best line for maximising height and slimness.