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Grok wrote:[...] Skirts don't lend themselves to incremental change.

Hemlines do.

...The real clincher happened the other night when were sitting on the couch and she groped me under my skirt. That has happened to me in a romantic and non-threatening situation - but because I hadn't expected it, it created a horrible feeling. I can well understand why women intensely dislike tha...

I have spent the last few days sailing in cold October weather, sometimes windy, sometimes wet. Yesterday in the rain I had a heavy denim maxi under a "rain kilt" which is a longish waterproof overskirt. Today as I chilled down I ended up with a macabi under a light denim maxi, under the ...

I have been experimenting to see if there is any advantage in having a double false hem on an underskirt. One of the functions which a loose underskirt or petticoat can perform is wind-proofing by filling the gap between the skirt and the wearer's legs; if it had two concentric hems, these should ta...

Really, all common sense tells even the most barely rational/reasonable individual that there is no logical reason why men can't wear skirts, and even our English language proves this! To those who insist the kilt is not a skirt, who are they kidding? This is the crux of the matter, they are trying...

Pelmut, I like the way that skirt drapes even though it appears to be denim, I fabric I really don't like. The material came from a small fabric shop in Bath http://husqvarnastudiobath.co.uk/ , it was quite expensive but is the best denim I have come across so far. It feels as good as it looks. The...

Looking in shops and internet, I find that my choice is severely limited, regarding length. I by far prefer knee-length skirts, perhaps from years of wearing and liking traditional kilts, but women's skirts seem to be sold either longer or shorter, never just knee-length. The few skirts I have that...

Well, it looks like our length preferences are all over the map; just as I suspect they would be if a large group of women were asked. I adjust my length to the weather; in summer I always wear a very short mini, but in winter you need something longer, and pantyhose underneath if its very cold. In...

Try a "kilt-skirt," see if she knows the difference. It's simply a kilt made for women, sometimes longer, but always cheaper and lighter-weight it seems Womens 'kilts' wrap the opposite way from mens (and it isn't an easy job to reverse them), a woman is bound to notice that sort of thing...

Sinned wrote: I use a radical invention called a belt, irrespective of whether the skirt has belt loops of not.

I'm puzzled by that comment; if the skirt doesn't have belt loops, what prevents it from sliding down and leaving you just wearing the belt?

I know a fair number of guys who are long in the torso and quite short, relatively, in the legs -- and I cannot imagine how a skirt might work on them without looking comical (sometimes even shorts do). A long skirt worn with the waistband fairly high will give the impression of longer legs; the qu...

I have just spent a weekend working on a canal restoration project with a group of volunteer 'navvies'. At the end of the day we retired, muddy and exhausted, to a local village hall for a clean-up and a meal; I put on sandals, a clean T-shirt and a denim just-below-the-knee skirt. There were no sta...

Just wanted to say that I took this tutorial and calculator for test drive. I'm please to hear that it worked OK and thanks for letting me know. I used the calculator to size a 41 inch waist with a 20 inch drop and a 2 inch waist band. I used the scalloped pocket and side zip options. Overall lengt...

A classic example of what being British is all about - over 100 years of good music instituted by a musician of renown - Sir Henry Hall.

Wasn't it Sir Albert Wood who conducted the Proms in the Henry Hall?

The unpleated one looks very similar to my DIY design:
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/dressmaki ... tIntro.php

The design needs very little adaptation and you could make one cheaper than buying one ready-made.