I am trying to find a denim skirt. A plain, simple, just-below-the-knee, straight denim skirt. Do you think such a thing exists anywhere in NY or online? Of course not! All I can find are J-Lo skirts that look like belts with pockets, and eight-gored Little Maude on the Prairie skirts with ruffles . . . I am going quietly mad.
I’ve already tried Lands’ End, Orvis, J. Crew, LL Bean; Macy’s and Bloomie’s sites. Nuthin’. Can anyone suggest a good mail/online-order catalog I haven’t yet thought of? Thanks!
And coincidentally, Eve, I’ve been looking for a nice, simple denim skirt myself. You’re right, going out and looking at them, you’ll find it’s almost impossible for the designers to leave the fabric alone, and keep it simple!
Amazon is selling clothes now – they bunch together all the different buyers in your search. I found the black cardigan I wanted that way, though it took a while to wade through the options.
Oooh! Ooooh! And have you tried bluefly.com (you too, Heloise)? If you go to the Womens’ section and click on “Skirts” and then “Denim Skirts”, you’ll get plenty to choose from. Most of them are probably the same stuff you’ve been running across already, but I think it’s worth a shot . . .
I hadn’t thought of the Gap, thanks! That one you linked to looks great. I think I will actually go to a Gap and try it on, as their idea of “knee-length” and my idea of “knee-length” may differ (I want just below the knee).
Eve, I just checked L.L. Bean and found at least 2 denim skirts. They also have navy twill skirts which can pass for denim. You might also check the Gap and Old Navy sites.
Hmmm, I tried that bluefly site, but the only skirt I liked only comes in “extra extra small,” which means I’d have to buy six of them to sew together to make one skirt for myself . . .
That’s what can suck about Bluefly. Also, the stuff seems to run small, anyway (despite the fact that the designers vary). But don’t give up on it (OK, maybe for the denim skirt you can give up, but the next time you’re in the market for something . . . ), because sometimes you can find some amazing thing for like 40 bucks.
(My own personal Bluefly shopping coup came in the form of a deep red silk skirt with beige polka-dots, which was, er . . . quite “cozy” when I bought it, and now I can barely get it up over my ass, but I refuse to give it up, because one day I’m getting back into that bad boy.)
Have you looked at Chadwick’s? They don’t seem like they would be your usual style, but they do have a “denim skirt. A plain, simple, just-below-the-knee, straight denim skirt.”
As denim skirt and t-shirt is my personal uniform for work, I have some favorite sources :
I’ve had some great denim luck at Old Navy : http://www.oldnavy.com
Sadly, there’s not much on the site. Any stores nearby?
For great catalog shopping in general (although both of the shorter denim skirts they have now are kind of strange), I like Crossing Pointe : http://www.crossingpointe.com
Normally, nothing fits me, but all of their clothes have fit perfectly. Awesome.
Get yourself a nice-fitting pair of Levi’s 501s, chop 'em off at the right length, scissor up the inseams, and sew the halves togther. If you want an A-line, insert a section of bandanna.