Lace skirt-- what goes with it

mollymaloney

Bought this skirt yesterday. In the picture it is shown as more casual but I think it's rather elegant and classy. What could it be teamed with, shoes, tights, top/jacket, hat, bag-- that would show it off at it's best. I got a similar style recently in a deep red and found lots of options to go with it. But this nude shade is presenting difficulties.


http://www.marksandspencer.ie/Lace-Wrap-Pencil-Skirt/P22420361,en_IE,pd.html?dwvar_P22420361_color=JT&start=

Day Lewin

Can't open the link. Snapshot?

s8n

lace top

mollymaloney

Sorry-- but I'm technologically illiterate--
Maybe just have a peek at the M+S site-- sale/ skirts/

Day Lewin

Found a couple of lace nude skirts.

Sorry, but it's my opinion that a nude-colour garment is a bitch to wear successfully. So often an Irish woman also has pinkish/creamish/even greyish skin tones already!

Nude clothing can pretty much bleach you out. I'd emphasise the delicacy of the lace, to get the value of the design: maybe wear it with a silky draped top in a colour that flatters you - possibly a jewel colour with warmth and depth as well, in a soft, fine fabric; and maybe ankle boots in the same colour?

Or else go the whole hog for nudity and choose a white or cream silk top with a touch of lace trim.

Toto Wolfcastle

The link opens fine for me. I'll stick the pictures in this thread for you in case anyone else is having issues opening it.

Sunny Dayz

Not an easy skirt to wear or dress by the looks of it. It looks more like a spring/summer kind of skirt. I would pair a white or a cream silk cami with it and white or nude heeled sandals or court shoes. Or you could work the pastel trend with a pastel blue or green top.
To get a wear out of it in the autumn winter, I would team it with navy, I think black would be too harsh for the delicate colour.

mollymaloney

I just messed around with a few different pieces. Seemed ok with a navy denim jacket and nude courts. But it still looked on the casual side. I still think that it can be incorporated into something more classy. The experimentation continues.

Day Lewin

Denim jacket sounds good to me!!!

But for classy, you must have matching or toning top and shoes, I think. Otherwise you run the risk of looking too colourless from the waist down.

2rkehij30qtza5

Nice skirt and easy to dress up.

Option 1: a silk sleeveless top in white/Ivory tucked in and worn with matching white or Ivory court shoes or sandals.

Option 2: as the skirt is right you can wear loose-ish tops with it. Anything floaty/flowy that can be tucked in would be nice. And an elegant glam heel to match. You need to compliment the colour so i would stick to pastels...you could put cream, even baby blue with it. Or you could change it up and put a complimentary hot pink with it on top. Just make sure the shade of pink is the same kind of tone as the skirt.

Day Lewin

This thread had stayed in my mind -(because it's a nice little styling challenge LOL: tricky but fun)

and then yesterday at an event I happened to spot this very well-turned-out lady, doing it superbly!

(photo clipped from a crowd shot)

meeeeh

That dress/skirt is a lot more structured and thicker material. I always think that materials are often more important than shape when you are deciding how to style something.

Day Lewin

Perfectly true, indeed.

Nevertheless, I think it demonstrates an effective way to wear a difficult colour and type of fabric. The shoe colour is unusual but very successful, here. I really admire this lady's style!

The rest of the crowd was a wall-to-wall carpet of nude shoes: that Middleton girl has a lot to answer for, LOL!

mollymaloney

The shoes really look great there-- and that pic has really given me ideas. I would never have thought of a colour like that. Way outside my comfort zone. Thanks for that, Kate/