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When winds are high, go for a straighter style of skirt. I have a just above the knee denim one that works really well in strong winds. It is too close fitted to fly up and has a short vent front and rear to allow a (nearly) full stride.
Flared (A line) wrap skirts can become something of a handful in a gale
Have fun,
Ian.
Do not argue with idiots; they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Cogito ergo sum - Descartes
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
Been running around today in an old AK regimental with wind gusts to 32 MPH. Went to city hall to pay water bill, trimmed some tree branches, and post office. Couple of Marilyn moments, but noone said a thing. A bit concerned with the one at city hall, but was no big deal. Felt fantastic in the 90+ degree heat!
I am currently working on the problem with the new "kilt" I have designed and am sewing up.
The kilt is basically a stretch wool pencil skirt with invisible zip on the side (to allow me to put the thing on). The front has a kilt panel and it will have false buttons so that to the outside world it looks like an unpleated (plaided) grey wool kilt but because underneath is a full skirt so I feel secure.
Personally I hate Marilyn moments because let's be honest - a guy showing his bits (or underwear) is NOT considered sexy and does little to show the world that guys can wear skirts sensibly. Remember the kilt saga in Poland. The world is not ready for a male version of Paris Hilton (thank God!)
I am restricted, in general, to kilts rather than skirts, so I pin right through both layers. This, in general, keeps the kilt down in the wind. In really high winds I wear a below - waist jacket, which holds the whole arrangement down. I am no kind of kilt purist so I don't mind that this method of pinning is non-standard. The feeling of the wind blowing on you is really quite nice, though, I find. I don't go commando.
I have three leather skirts in my wardrobe, and they do the best by far in windy conditions. They're heavier and more stiff, and even though they're short, wind is of little concern when I'm wearing them.
As a matter of fact, I started out my wardrobe with a leather skirt. I never worried about wind until I got my first regular skirt. The first few gusts caught me by surprise, as I had been lulled into complacency.
