<p>august:
Definitely Chicos.</p>
<p>This is all very helpful, folks. I guess I remember wearing mini-skirts in hs and never being able to sit down. I do see that Talbots online has simplified things. In their dresses section they have two categories: long and short. </p>
<p>Coldwater Creek is another company I like for our age group. At least my age group lol.</p>
<p>Ahhhhh, “the” look isn’t based on long on short, it’s based in fullness. Skirts are now full, feminine, soft…Current fashion dictates that the skirt be worn with heels (heeled sandals) and a short jacket with round collar. The short skits are not flattering if you have fuller legs, but the “in” skirts can also be longer, full, gauze, flowing…</p>
<p>IMHO, these look good on tall and short women and girls…have fun this summer, ladies!</p>
<p>long skirts are in this season … especially peasant skirts. Even longer shorts are in (look at gouchos, which I think are ugly, and bermuda shorts).</p>
<p>I dunno re the full skirt. I have one of those flowery ones, silk and not wild or anything, but it still looks a bit too ethnic to me for a very fancy wedding, even with a short jacket. The long dress I have in mind is narrow, I’m afraid. </p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
<p>Your silk print skirt with a little silk sweater in black or a brilliant color, heels, maybe a shawl if it’s still cool, some nice jewelery sounds good to me.</p>
<p>Thanks, momrath! I will have to do a trying-on session here at home. Too bad d is away at college and can’t offer advice. 
The digital camera has been used for this purpose in the other direction. ;)</p>
<p>Btw, cathymee, I like your handkerchief hemline idea. If I can find one of these it will solve the problem. All crises should be this easy!</p>
<p>I wear only long skirts. I’m 5’7" and and it’s a good look for me. Brown corduroy and blue denim are my favorites. I have bought long skirts at Lands’ End, Old Navy (you have to hit it right), even Sears. </p>
<p>I don’t care what the world wears. I have a “uniform” and stick to what works for my figure. I guess when you’re in your 50s you have enough self-esteem and fashion sense that you don’t care what everyone else is wearing.</p>
<p>In fall and winter I like long, colorful scarves, which I drape around my neck and tie low between my chest and waist. It attracts the eye up and down and really adds to the long look.</p>
<p>Oh, my favorite fashion book: “Does This Make Me Look Fat?” by Leah Feldon.</p>
<p>Yay, Kinshasa! I’m with you! I’m 5’8" and also only wear long skirts. Short skirts look awful on me (and don’t even ask about those dreadful cropped pants). Old Navy has a nice long linen skirt right now in good colors with a little ruffle at the bottom. I got black. I also have a wonderful beige linen skirt from last summer from Eddie Bauer.</p>
<p>I also like scarves. Also don’t care what everyone else is wearing. My dad used to say to me (when I was a silly young teenager saying “but everyone’s doing it”): “Well if everyone jumped off a cliff, would you do that too?” My opinion of cropped pants.</p>
<p>Cropped pants are terrible. They shorten your line and make you look dumpy (well at least me).</p>
<p>I also have issues with short-sleeved shirts that are available now. Almost all of them have this slanted too-short cut that displays your upper arm. This is the case even with larger sizes! What are they thinking?!? No woman over size 12 wants to display her upper arms. </p>
<p>And then there is the spandex in everything. I could go on and on. I actually find quite a few nice things in all natural fabrics at Target.</p>
<p>I have always been in favor of short skirts under all circumstances.</p>
<p>tsdad:</p>
<p>But would they look good on you? That’s the yardstick we’re applying here. :)</p>
<p>“I guess when you’re in your 50s you have enough self-esteem and fashion sense that you don’t care what everyone else is wearing.”</p>
<p>Hmm. I felt this way in my late 40s. Now I seem to enjoy the idea that I am not going to look like my grandmother! It can be fun to get the occasional fashionable item. </p>
<p>In the case of this particular wedding, I have gone all the way back to middle school. I do want to fit in! It is a very conservative crowd and a very ritzy place. All I want to do is be inconspicuous. ;)</p>
<p>Don’t get me started on sleeves. I’ve built some nice triceps and it’s tough finding sleeves that aren’t too tight.</p>