long skirt

[rick401r]

I bought one of those crinkly material skirts (don't know what they're called) the other day. It's floor length which is not an easy fit for my tall frame. I really like the way it swirls around my feet. One drawback; I almost broke my neck walking up stairs in it. I have to learn to gather and lift the hem while walking up steps.

[crfriend]

Floor-length skirts -- once one masters them -- are wonderful things. I have two, and whilst I normally hate the colder weather, I'm looking forward to it being cool enough to actually wear them.

A word of caution here -- not only does one need to practise active "hem control" whilst ascending stairs, one also needs to do so when descending lest one pick up all sorts of cruft on the hem.

Petticoats can help some here, and may be worth looking at depending on the skirt in question. The first time I wore a petticoat under my very heavy floor-length cotton skirt the sensation was most odd indeed -- the skirt flowed very gracefully, but when I stood still nothing touched my legs. (My wife commented the same when she got a rig like I purchased for myself!) Hoops feel stranger still.

[Since1982]

Here's a place to get MAN sized petticoats. http://www.glamourboutique.com/petticoa ... nties.aspx

[skirted_in_SF]

I have two ankle length crinkly silk skirts that I wear all the time. Mine are called broomstick skirts and are shipped and are intended to be stored folded in half and then twisted into a broomstick. Keep wearing yours, after awhile lifting it to climb or descend stairs will become second nature. At least it has for me. Not to say I didn't step on the hem a few times when I was still new to them.
Mine were last worn out last Saturday on my regular visit to the farmer's market. The wind wasn't blowing then; I had to change out later in the day because the wind came up and they just become a handful to control. It's in the upper 50's to 60F here with a thick layer of fog blocking the sun, so I wear a 3/4 length slip or pettipants under for warmth. (also modesty if the wind really catches me by surprise).

[AndrewH]

My wife recently went on a trip to Mozambique and brought back 7 long wrap-around skirts called "Capulanas".
Six were for her, the seventh for me.

This skirt is just a rectangle of cloth with a long tie ribbon at each end of the top.
It wraps a good one and a half times round, even on my portly figure, and then one ties the ribbons in a bow.

As it wraps around that much, there is no risk of it unwrapping and showing anything one shouldn't.
Mozambiquan women wear these, and a woman who flashes her knees is deemed to be a prostitute - so they are designed to be discrete.

The skirt does force one to take shortish steps, but then avoids the problems other posters have commented on, of being a trip hazard when going up stairs (a problem I've had with some of my other long skirts).

The final advantage of this capulana is that, as my wife bought it for me, she tolerates me wearing it more than some of my other (more girly) skirts.

[Big and Bashful]

I had a couple of broomstick type skirts, my favorite was the brown one featured on my pics thread. Unfortunately, I had an accident getting off my yacht yesterday, amongst the casualties were the paddles for the dinghy, the outboard which is now away getting flushed out, my Iphone and very nearly me myself. Also lost was a bag with my new waterproofs, my 2 favourite denim skirts and also the brown broomstick type and another black one. Oh yes, also a Midas full circle skirt which was only about a month old, oh and a long brown skirt from Style J which I liked. I was experimenting to find what skirts worked best when sailing, answer, not flipping the dinghy full of stuff with me as well!
Not a good day really!
Still, I aintn't dead!!!

edited to correct a spelling mistake

[crfriend]

OK, really, let's start with the good stuff:

Still, I aintn't dead!!!

There -- that's the meat of it.

I was experimenting to find what skirts worked best when sailing, answer, not flipping the dinghy full of stuff with me as well!

Ah, the perils of tiny vessels....

Depending on where everything ended up, the clothes are likely salvageable, as is the outboard so long as it wasn't submerged for long (I'm taking it that this was saltwater; fresh is surprisingly benign). The skirts should come fairly clean with a good wash and a dry in the sun. If saltwater, though, the 'lectronics are likely toast. The operative question, of course, is, "Can you see the bottom where the bag might be?" If so, grapple for it and raise it; I take it, too, that you have metal paddles instead of the more classic wood (which float -- a useful property).

Thank goodness you didn't go to the bottom! But I'm willing to bet that you were swearing like a sailor during the "adventure".

[Big and Bashful]

The paddles were wood, last seen heading south in the northerly wind and outgoing tide, no sign of them on the beach.
The bag with tools and skirts and waterproofs etc, it floated for a while, I lost sight of it before I could get moving, I spent too long trying to get the outboard going as there was no other means of moving me and the righted dinghy. I eventually set of in the yacht but the bag had disappeared by then. Maybe it is on the bottom in the bay but a sea loch is good at being murky.
The outboard is back in the boatyard where I bought it (a week ago!) To keep the 5 year warrenty I will pay for them to clean it out and sort it, salt water is not good.
I wonder what people will think if the bag turns up on a beach, a set of new waterproofs, a couple of gypsy skirts, a couple of "skirts for men" by Midas, a kilt belt (needed for the gypsy skirts) and another denim skirt. I think that will confuse folk, I just hope they don't end up scouring the beaches for a body!
Currently the bit that hurts the most is the £599 bill for a new Iphone, that is really sore! I should have taken out insurance!
Oh damn! smilies I need a drink!

[crfriend]

The paddles were wood, last seen heading south in the northerly wind and outgoing tide, no sign of them on the beach.

OK, repeat after me: "It could have been worse". This, as I pointed up earlier, sums it up:

Still, I aintn't dead!!!

Material bits can be replaced, albeit, obviously, at some expense. Had you gone south and downwards, we all would have been poorer.

All in all, it does sound like a rotten day, and I suspect all of here can forgive what must have been a really creative use of language as the scene unfolded. I also suspect that all of us here are happy that you're still amongst us, if somewhat poorer in the material sense.

Oh damn! smilies I need a drink!

If I was local, I'd shout you a round.

[Uncle Al]

Oh damn! smilies I need a drink!

Will these work


Uncle Al

[Big and Bashful]

They help!

[rick401r]

I bought one of those crinkly material skirts (don't know what they're called) the other day. It's floor length which is not an easy fit for my tall frame. I really like the way it swirls around my feet. One drawback; I almost broke my neck walking up stairs in it. I have to learn to gather and lift the hem while walking up steps.

This skirt has a kind of "under the sea" pattern, fish and whatnot. I would like to find one in a solid color. It's 42 inches long. I've checked with the mfg. but they don't make that length any longer. An internet search didn't show anything either. Does anyone have any ideas where I can find one?

[Big and Bashful]

I bought one of those crinkly material skirts (don't know what they're called) the other day. It's floor length which is not an easy fit for my tall frame. I really like the way it swirls around my feet. One drawback; I almost broke my neck walking up stairs in it. I have to learn to gather and lift the hem while walking up steps.

This skirt has a kind of "under the sea" pattern, fish and whatnot. I would like to find one in a solid color. It's 42 inches long. I've checked with the mfg. but they don't make that length any longer. An internet search didn't show anything either. Does anyone have any ideas where I can find one?

Well if you fancy dredging the Clyde, you might find a couple with a VERY undersea pattern on them! not to mention barnacles and weedy embellishments!