What are Different Types of Skirts?

What are the Different Types of Skirts? The one type of clothing that every woman must have in her closet, is a skirt. It is said that the type of clothes you wear defines your sense of fashion. The absence of a skirt equals an incomplete closet and an incomplete sense of fashion.

Here are some of the must have skirts-

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   A-Line Skirt

An A-line skirt is fitted at the waist and widens making the skirt resemble the capital letter ‘A’ and hence was named after it. It is available in both short and long sizes.

2. Pencil Skirt

It is named ‘Pencil’ as the skirt is a slim-fit skirt. These skirts are generally worn by people who work in corporate companies. The skirt is known for its formal look. The size of the skirt is generally just above the knee or a little below the knee. ?Pencil skirts are also known as ‘straight skirts’.

3. Box Pleated Skirt

The Box-pleated skirts are stitched in a way that the pleats appear to look like rectangular boxes. They’re available in both sizes, short and long. They’re generally paired with crop tops or blouses, tucked in.

4. Pleated Skirts

Pleated skirts by nature are womanly looking. Pleated skirts are available in different sizes and styles-

Sizes- Mini, short, knee-length, midi, and maxi

Styles- Accordion, top-stitched, knife pleat, kick pleat, and? inverted pleat

5. Bodycon Skirt

Bodycon skirts are tight-fit skirts, unlike pencil skirts, it sticks to the side of your body starting from the waist to the legs. The skirts are better worn short and are paired with buttoned shirts or V-neck tees, tucked in.

6. Asymmetrical Skirt

Skirts that have a ‘high-front-low-back’ are known as asymmetrical skirts. This type of skirt also has other names like waterfall or mullet skirts. They are available in different sizes, but the longer size looks elegant.

7. Ruffle Skirt

A Ruffle skirt is another feminine-looking skirt. Ruffle is a type of frill, which is stitched using a lightweight cloth. Ruffle skirts are also stitched in the form of tire skirts. This skirt is better understood in the picture.

8. Tiered Skirt

Tire skirts are called so as the skirts have tired of skirts stitched to look like one skirt. They’re available in different sizes. The length of the skirt decides the number of tires.

9. Peplum Skirt

The peplum skirts are short who’s base skirt is usually pencil, straight or bodycon. What makes this special is the flared fabric attached around the waist part or the mouth of the skirt.

10. Godet Skirt

From the word ‘Godet’ we understand what type of skirt this is. It is stitched to make triangular pleats. This type of skirt is available in different sizes too.

11. Wrapped Skirt

A semi-circular piece of cloth is wrapped from both its corners to make a wrapped skirt. It is in different sizes and looks exactly like a high-low skirt (asymmetrical).

 

12. Bubble Skirt

The hem of the skirt is folded back and stitched to give the skirt a voluminous look to create a ‘Bubble’ effect. Bubble skirts are usually short that rest mid-thigh or above the knee.

13. Tulle Skirt

Tulle is a fine and stiff fabric, used for netting skirts, gowns (especially wedding gowns), and veils. Skirts stitched using this material are called Tulle skirts.

 

14. Mermaid Skirt

Mermaid skirts are similar to bodycon but at the end of the skirt, the material flares making the skirt look like a mermaid’s tail.

15. Trumpet Skirt

The Trumpet skirt is similar to a Mermaid skirt but the difference between the two is that Mermaid’s flare is dramatic whole the trumpet’s flare gradually flares.

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