I’m looking for new clothes, cause the Sixth Form that I’m starting at in September likes you to dress semi-formally. (Well basically, no denim or leggings. And they’re what I live in, so I need to go shopping…)

I’ve found this skirt: http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/skirts/you-floral-bow-skirt_198036609?commerceItemId=ci2211003359

But I have no idea what type of top would go with it? Any ideas?

Thanks!

i’m going back-to-school shopping at a nearby mall 2morrow (i’m in the seventh grade, so I’m going with a parent and some friends), but i only have 0 so i need some people’s advice on what to buy… like, if the price is decent, if its inexpensive, if it looks pretty… etc.
plz click on all of the links below and tell me if they are worth buying (like, shoes, not worth buying, skirt, yes, buy it… etc.)
thnx:
SHOES: http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?rcid=womens&scid=cat90122&sscid=cat120147&navroot=womens&productId=4411_3800

DENIM SKIRT: http://www.aeropostale.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2196263&cp=2284058.2343510&parentPage=family

CARDIGAN: http://www.aeropostale.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2227156

NECKLACE: http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=tops&product%5Fid=1027549637&showBACK=OK

BRACELET(S): http://www.claires.com/product.asp?name=prod&color=green&rcid=31&id=2624&scid=33

Should iBuy this skirt?? Its regulary 105 but 50% off is 52.50!!!
Should i buy it cuz that’s still high?

http://www.chipandpepper.com/store/p-1211559-MNC.html?cat=womens_denim_skirts

So I got married last year, so now I get to shop with my wife, which I enjoy. It is such a pain for her to find anything decent to wear, especially the essentials. I am increasingly confounded at the womens fashion industry. Why is it the way it is? It seems like women have to go through so much more pain to look good then men do.

I’m a well dressed man. I know my body type and what makes me look good, and I can shop for that. In the men’s clothing sections 80% are essentials and they come in every size and shape. 20% are trendier more transitory clothing.

I get what I pay for. 150$ shoes last 3-5 years of consistent wear, 800$ Italian or British suits can last up to a decade if properly taken care of. Expensive items are made of high quality materials that last a long time, and improve with age. Sizes are descriptive: 17inch neck, 30 inch length, 34 inch waist. Tailoring is always available to fit clothing properly to my broad shouldered thin waisted frame for a nominal fee.

I shop with my wife, as I said. What do we see in the womens section? Almost the opposite. 80% of space is taken up by transitory fashion she needs 20% of the time. Good luck finding a decent black skirt if it isn’t fall. The materials are mostly junk. It is like they are designed to fall apart after a year of use.

The sizing is pointless and arbitrary. Petite, regular, plus? Size 0, 1, 2? What does that mean? And every company seems to treat it differently. It doesn’t correspond to any meaningful measurement, so she is stuck trying on 30 different things to see which designer happened to make a garment that fits her. And tailoring is almost non-existent.

And I start looking around and realizing most women seem to have given up, probably because it is so darn difficult to find a simple pair of jeans that fits your hips, butt, thighs, and at the correct length with a sizing chart as meaningless as "size 2 petite".

Any ideas how this happened? Or am I misunderstanding something? I want to be more useful to my wife, but it is such a pain trying to find anything worth trying on. Is there a better way to look at this situation? Thoughts?

My GF is looking for an online retailer that sells denim skirts in plus sizes. Specifically she’d like to find something short and kind of flirty like a "Ra Ra" skirt.