First Mini
Re: First Mini
B&B,
There was a manufacturer in the UK selling rain wrap skirts for use in carriage racing, there's a link here somewhere but I can't find it right now. Try a search of shooting and hunting clothing suppliers, I'm sure it was stocked by a couple of the Belstaff and Barbour shops in the UK.
Once I get home I'll have a better search on a faster connection, but that won't be for a few days yet as I'm taking advantage of warmer Spanish weather for a few days...
Have fun,
Ian.
There was a manufacturer in the UK selling rain wrap skirts for use in carriage racing, there's a link here somewhere but I can't find it right now. Try a search of shooting and hunting clothing suppliers, I'm sure it was stocked by a couple of the Belstaff and Barbour shops in the UK.
Once I get home I'll have a better search on a faster connection, but that won't be for a few days yet as I'm taking advantage of warmer Spanish weather for a few days...
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
Cogito ergo sum - Descartes
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
- JohnH
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 1300
- Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:46 am
- Location: Irving, (DFW area) Texas USA
Re: First Mini
If I ever see my wife wear a skirt or dress I'll wonder if she is smoking anything besides tobacco! I wear those things quite frequently.Since1982 wrote:That WOULD be a miracle, imagine that, skirts for females. A NEW fashion!!Sasq said: Or maybe my wife will find it alluring; she's taken more interest lately in my skirts. Hey, you never know...miracles happen!
John
I renounce the Great Male Renunciation!!!
Re: First Mini
Freeindress, I would suggest a white minskirt worn with black tights, a nice contrast. Or worn with another nice clour, say red, or floral tights with a back seam perhaps.
If you wear tights regualrly like me, a contrast between the skirt and tights is effective.
If you wear tights regualrly like me, a contrast between the skirt and tights is effective.
Re: First Mini
A quick update for anyone who still remembers my original post. The skirt I wanted to wear was easy to lengthen as I had just pinned it up, so it took 10 minutes max. It was still a bit shorter than I would have preferred, but I am glad I wore it anyway because everybody loved it. I can't believe how many compliments I got throughout the evening. And it wasn't just because I was wearing a skirt because roughly 20% of the guys there were in skirts or dresses. But mine was definitely the shortest. I did feel just a bit out of place at the start, but that quickly ended as the compliments started coming. Definitely a good time!Davy wrote:I have taken to wearing only minis in the summer, so I now have a bit of a problem. There is an event next month that I intend to go to in a skirt, but a short mini would really not be appropriate, and there will be many people I know there, so I actually do care what people think. In checking through my wardrobe, it seems that I don't have anything light-weight that is long enough. So I am going to have to lengthen one of the skirts that I had shortened previously. Not a problem, as I have a few I just altered with safety pins, not permanently. But I suppose this is a hazard of trying to see how short I could make all the skirts I have bought.
- couyalair
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 957
- Joined: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:55 pm
- Location: Malaga or Grenoble
Re: First Mini
Hey, Davy,
Where do you go to find " 20% of the guys there were in skirts or dresses" ?
Perhaps there were only 4 other people present?
Where I am right now, 100% of the men are skirted ...
Martin
Where do you go to find " 20% of the guys there were in skirts or dresses" ?
Perhaps there were only 4 other people present?
Where I am right now, 100% of the men are skirted ...

Martin
Re: First Mini
No, there were many more than 4 other men there. This was a party where, for some long drawn out reason that I didn't understand completely, all the men were "asked" to wear skirts or dresses. Of course, the majority of the guys ignored that request (no guts, I suppose), but many did not. Needless to say, I required very little persuasion.couyalair wrote:Hey, Davy,
Where do you go to find " 20% of the guys there were in skirts or dresses" ?
Perhaps there were only 4 other people present?
-
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 2921
- Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:51 pm
- Location: Scottish West Coast
Re: First Mini
I have found a manufacturer, but at $160 if I remember right, I will have to wait a while!Milfmog wrote:B&B,
There was a manufacturer in the UK selling rain wrap skirts for use in carriage racing, there's a link here somewhere but I can't find it right now. Try a search of shooting and hunting clothing suppliers, I'm sure it was stocked by a couple of the Belstaff and Barbour shops in the UK.
Once I get home I'll have a better search on a faster connection, but that won't be for a few days yet as I'm taking advantage of warmer Spanish weather for a few days...
Have fun,
Ian.
I am the God of Hellfire! and I bring you truffles!
-
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 503
- Joined: Fri May 08, 2009 9:47 pm
- Location: UK, North
Re: First Mini
I found this one at £30, but the site doesn't exactly give lots of info for length etc.
http://www.bestinthecountry.co.uk/count ... 598_p.html
http://www.bestinthecountry.co.uk/count ... 598_p.html
- skirtyscot
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 3504
- Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:44 pm
- Location: West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Contact:
Re: First Mini
You always get a few people who don't make the effort to go along with the theme of a party, but 20% compliance is hopeless!Davy wrote:This was a party where, for some long drawn out reason that I didn't understand completely, all the men were "asked" to wear skirts or dresses. Of course, the majority of the guys ignored that request (no guts, I suppose), but many did not. Needless to say, I required very little persuasion.
What was the typical man's outfit like? Did any other men turn up wearing a skirt like it was an everyday garment? Or were they all in ridiculous drag, so over the top that there could be no doubt it was just for a laugh?
Keep on skirting,
Alastair
Alastair
-
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 2921
- Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:51 pm
- Location: Scottish West Coast
Re: First Mini
http://www.rainskirts.com/products/rainskirts
This is the one which appeals to me, they come in up to a 50" waist and various lengths. Dear but they look like an excellent product.
This is the one which appeals to me, they come in up to a 50" waist and various lengths. Dear but they look like an excellent product.
I am the God of Hellfire! and I bring you truffles!
-
- Distinguished Member
- Posts: 108
- Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:23 am
- Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Re: First Mini
A very well made product, very happy with mine. And it folds up small enough to put in a small bag.Big and Bashful wrote:http://www.rainskirts.com/products/rainskirts
This is the one which appeals to me, they come in up to a 50" waist and various lengths. Dear but they look like an excellent product.
Actually if it was hot and I was going to be in the rain all day I think I would dispense with a skirt underneath

If you haven't worn a skirt you haven't found freedom!
Re: First Mini
There are various lengths of miniskirts. I started with a 19" denim skirt. Now I feel comfortable wearing a 12" skirt in several different fabrics. It is all a matter of confidence.
- Bamaskirting
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 226
- Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:47 am
- Location: Mobile, Al
Re: First Mini
here is my first skirt which is a mini love it! now to wear out of the house
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
- denimini
- Member Extraordinaire
- Posts: 3556
- Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:50 am
- Location: Outback Australia
Re: First Mini
That camera angle is certainly a good test - something a wall mirror won't do. If it is OK at that angle it should be fine for normal public viewing.grlyboy wrote:here is my first skirt which is a mini love it! now to wear out of the house
A beach area in summer should be an easier debut for wearing a short mini.
My name is Anthony, please accept me for the person that I am.
Re: First Mini
I regularly wear a 15 inch miniskirt, and that's as small a hemline as I'll wear in public.
I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman.