Reviews: Oblique Pencil Skirt


The Oblique Pencil Skirt ($88) is a wine color that is so rich and intoxicating that I can spot it as soon as I walk into Anthropologie’s Soho store no matter where it is displayed. The website picture really doesn’t do the skirt justice.

I own plenty of pencil skirts already though so this try-on was just for fun. Made of cotton, the skirt is a bit stiff/rough to the touch but I suppose you want structure out of a pencil skirt. Though the front is adorned with off-center buttons they are just for show; the skirt actually opens and closes via a back zip.

One thing I love about pencil skirts is that they are shaped like me. Tiny waist with larger opening for the hips. So for me this skirt sat nicely on my natural waist in my true size (8). However, my friend with me at Anthro hated this skirt because on her lean, straight frame in her true size (4) it sat too low on her with weird bunching around her hips.

Lengthwise the shirt hit me at the top of my knee. I tried it paired with the Baltzer’s Bridle Cardigan ($118) pictured at the top of this post but the affect wasn’t as pulled together on me as it was on the model. I passed on both items, though I do like the skirt. It would work well as a work foundational piece.

5 Comments

  1. January 28, 2009 / 1:51 pm

    It's interesting to hear your friend's review of the skirt. I bought a denim pencil from Anthropologie in the fall. It's a cute skirt, but it bunches and rides up. I was actually thinking about the skirt yesterday, thinking I bought the wrong size. Maybe I just bought the wrong shape. By the way, love the product reviews. I don't get to the store as often as I would like and your blog brings many new items to my attention! Thanks!!!

  2. January 28, 2009 / 8:17 pm

    I am also loving these reviews!I just bought this doormathttp://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-4240125437642751817&id=880069&parentid=SALEHOME_DECOR&pushId=SALEHOME_DECOR&popId=SALEHOME_DECOR&sortProperties=&navCount=13&navAction=poppush&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=mulIt is wonderful, bright, and springy. It is also thick and I think will last a long time. A great deal for a large doormat.

  3. January 28, 2009 / 10:45 pm

    I love the look of this skirt. Thanksf or the review!Did you find that the buttons pulled at all over the hips?

  4. January 28, 2009 / 11:07 pm

    Another beautiful skirt from Anthro – the color is sooo pretty 🙂

  5. January 28, 2009 / 11:11 pm

    Shannon, the buttons did not pull on me. Though fitted, the skirt only hugged me over my hips.


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