How To Do The Maxi Skirt

Posted by annabreslaw , Jan, 2010 @ 12:30 pm

Look, I’m not gonna lie, I follow the Olsen twins’ fashion exploits with some level of respect. They’re often ahead of the times (e.g. the homeless-chic look of 2004, the goth look of 2009) and when they go for it, they really commit. Like, really.

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Last fall, the twins had an unexpected maxi skirt phase. They’ve deviated back to minis since, but the way they rocked those floor-length sheath skirts has stuck with me.

The maxi skirt was a brief flare-up as part of the Rachel Zoe celebrity styling takeover of 2005. Remember, she dressed Nicole Richie and Mischa Barton in long boho layers, piled on accessories and ginormous sunglasses? It was a notable enough trend to be addressed on various fashion blogs:

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I’m not a Zoe girl now or then, and generally prefer the crisp/menswear look, but I picked up a grey jersey maxi skirt at a thrift store awhile ago and have paired it with simple tees and jackets like Ashley on lazy winter days. And now that Vogue’s just featured a long red maxi-dress-skirt-thing in a Three Ways To Wear It, I may be doing the maxi on weekends too.

[pics via Childhood Flames & Who What Wear Daily]

Tags: maxi skirts, mischa barton, nicole richie, olsen twins, olsen twins fashion, Rachel Zoe, winter wardrobe