1/3 of men in Britain want to be able to wear skirts to work

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STEVIE wrote:Here's a link to the skirt I bought,http://www.marksandspencer.com/buttonsa ... /p22402455.
It's not a true pencil, plenty room for movement.
The different bit is the wrap front. That get's the attention because it moves in the slightest breeze. no danger, there's a fully sewn seam behind it.
Workwise, I have had it on for three continuous days, that's a maximum, the usual is two. The shape retention is almost perfect. My other skirts get so creased at the back they get more recycling.
Still no comment, that's good, it say's just that, "nothing".
I reckon I have arrived.
One downside, I am now officially, UK size 14, tee hee!
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I'd love to know how they arrived at the 30%?

(Keeps quiet, having last bought a size 8 skirt that fits) :mrgreen:
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That's a nice looking skirt Stevie. Trim, but not too pencil. Which color did you get?
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I chose the black, I still believe that a reasonably conservative look is the best way forward in terms of work wear.
As for the size, it's not that bad for my rather advanced age. I do still have 12s that fit perfectly well and more importantly, comfortably. My waist is 32" ish.
I still have doubts about the 30%, I'd love to know the size and sections of men it drew from.
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Nice choice,Steve.

As for the 30%, you have to wonder how they found their sample. Their own customers, perhaps? Or maybe it was a properly constituted cross-section of UK men, and the man skirt floodgates are about open. I won't hold my breath!
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I would like to see the skirt but the link is broke.
I get Marks and Spenser website but 'page not found'.
If you still have access to the page, copy the image
and post it, please.

Thanks :!:

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I love the length :D
Needs more pockets for me and a fuller A-Line ;)
This way, I can sit and have enough fabric fall where
it needs to fall providing proper modesty :oops:

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I have one similar to that, in blue, an "asymmetric pencil skirt" or a "fake wrap skirt" which I got from Lane Bryant.

I usually spread my legs wide at the knees at about 45 degrees into sitting and just before hitting the chair bring my knees to straight-ahead parallel which causes the material to fall nicely between my legs just as the kilt does but without a sporran. Not sure where I got that idea from but it works. :D
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Another problem with that article is the author's name, or rather, pseudonym. Anyone who chooses to be named after a railway station throws their own credibility out of the window!
Keep on skirting,

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Got very serious doubts about the sample!
Ask the same question of the "Brits" here and we'd get?
Still not representative of the population.
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