What Is Your Ideal Skirt Length

Good fashion is all about finding the most accurate of body proportions and wearing the perfect styles flattering your shape! It's what real style is all about for women – wearing what emphasizes your best features!

Dresses and skirts, both are ideal for women. It’s the one thing that’s ours – mostly! It’s so very important to find the perfect skirt length. Skirts come in a plethora of styles – long, short, ruffled, asymmetrical, pleated etc. While every woman loves to experiment with various styles and most may probably suit you, there is always a particular length or a particular style that stands out from the rest and makes you look absolutely stunning. The trick is to find that perfect length. Skirts are always good option for summer dresses.

Strange as this may sound the ideal skirt length is something that can be calculated to a mathematical perfection. For all those women who hate math, and think you’ve just got done with college, relax – the formula is quite simple.

So, what is the ideal skirt length? Over the past couple of seasons short skirts and mini skirts have been ruling the roost. This gave way to a more vintage feel with maxi skirts and fabulous flowy skirts taking over. Of course, usually most women always wear the length they prefer and that which they are comfortable in. the timeless fashion advice is obviously to wear what you think you can carry off best. But it doesn’t hurt to try out this simple formula either.

Here is the "formula" for figuring out your most flattering length:

All you need is a cloth measuring tape for two basic measurements. First, begin by measuring down the outside of your leg, from the top of your hipbone to the middle of your kneecap. (The top of your hipbone is right around where you put your hand on your hips. It's usually a couple of inches past your natural waist.) Second, measure the length from the middle of your kneecap (outside edge) straight down to the middle of your ankle bone. Once you have got both measurements follow this simple formula:

(Longer leg length minus shorter leg length) divided by 2 = X

Your answer ‘X’ is basically the number of inches above or below the knee your skirt length should be. For example if X comes up to say 3.2 then your ideal skirt length would be 3.2 inches above and 3.2 inches below your knee.

Remember, if your shins are shorter than your thighs, then simply raise your hem X inches above your knee and if your thighs are shorter than your shins, then lower the hem X inches below the knee. Play with this in front of a full length mirror and you will definitely see the difference.

We are currently in a phase where the summer demands shorter hemlines and designers are showcasing longer ones. In other words, both short and long skirts are quite in vogue. At the end of the day, the skirt length that suits you the best is the one that you think you look best on. There’s no ‘skirting’ the issue anymore.