and Animal Kingdom Blouse ($78). With In The Abstract Clutch ($128).
This round of reviews is all about skirts. And Anthropologie is doing quite well in this area! I added pretty much everything in this set to my wishlist.
Note: I have updated my review of the Carrizo Mini (now $60) to add photos of the purple motif version. And if you’d like even more skirt reviews, check out this post.
It’s not often you find a skirt at Anthropologie for under $100 these days. The River School Skirt ($98) is an impressive entry for that price point. It’s got a beautiful photographic print (with seams sure to be mismatched), a defined waistband and a slightly a-line shape. Not that you’d ever know from the lack of a straight-on shot on Anthro’s site! Someone seems to have picked up on EA’s triptych photos, Anthropologie. The skirt is cotton with a poly lining and hits about an inch above my knees.
I found this skirt to run small in the waist and hips. Around the waist is great for me, but I need way more room than the 10 allowed in the hips. So I sized up to a 12 to purchase the skirt. The photos you see here are the 10. I love how the print has summery colors but is mostly dark. That’s great for peeps like me who are bigger on the bottom. I fell in love with this skirt instantly!
Here’s a full-length shot. The top is the Triad Slice Tank (now $30) which I reviewed here. I decided not to wait on this skirt. It came home with me right away.
The Zenith Geo Skirt ($198) takes an early 20th century spin on colorblocking. It’s nice and long, hitting me just below the knees. And I found it to run true to size, which meant a 10 for me. The zip in back was a pain to close. It kept getting stuck where the waistline begins. It’s a poly skirt has a hemline that is longer in the center than at the sides, both in front and back. I like how it looks in the model shot but am ambivalent in real life.
Once again I’m reminded of skirts from Anthro’s years past. Elevenses had a similar tulip skirt in 2008. I don’t mind the trip into the archives when the results are this pretty. I just wish it was something besides poly, and if it must be poly then $200 seems like a lot. Wishlisted for now!
This set wraps up with two skirts that aren’t online yet. (Or not where I can find them anyway.) First up is a denim skirt from Level 99. Longtime EA readers know about my love affair with Level 99’s Many Moods Skirt, a denim skirt released three years ago that I will wear until it comes apart. So it speaks very highly of this new denim skirt that I’m considering buying it too. It’s super-stretchy denim-spandex with a very big waist. With apologies I forgot to snap a photo of the tag so all the necessary information will update once this skirt debuts online. Update 8/18: this skirt is called the Level 99 Slim Denim Pencil Skirt ($88) and is now available on Anthropologie’s website.
I sized down to a 30. The skirt is very bodycon but the waist in the 30 was already loose on me! For whatever reason Level 99 runs very large on me. I despise the front whiskering but I love the large back and side pockets. This skirt has no back vent that I recall but is still pretty easy to walk in. It will slide up though as you move.
Here’s a full-length shot of the skirt paired with the Netted Meridian Top ($88). That top has a full review here. The skirt looks fantastic paired with a long top. I also tried it with the Eliza Racerback (now $40) from this morning’s reviews set and they look great together. This cute denim skirt will be wishlisted as soon as it arrives online! (I would love a version without whiskering Anthropologie.)
My closet is going to be exploding with skirts. This Tabitha skirt, which is called the Olmeda Pencil Skirt ($118) and has more than a vague resemblance to Yoana Baraschi’s Gilded Estate Skirt ($128, reviewed here), is gorgeous in its own right. An amazingly vibrant color scheme of blue, orange, green, white and more combines in a mosaic print that’s jaw-dropping. Like the Sailing Lace Skirt ($128) at the top of this post the skirt has a defined waist band, slight give around the hips and thighs, and then falls straight.
I tried on a 10 and found it loose, so I sized down to an 8 for these photos. The seams sort of match up at the sides; I can see some effort was put into making the circle medallions at least look well-seamed. But who will be paying attention in something as pretty as this? I love all of the colors and the quirky print. This is the kind of quirk I look for at Anthropologie!
How awesome would this skirt be for the pattern mixing week over on my tumblr? For this full-length shot I’ve paired it with the Reversible Seamless Tank ($24, reviewed here) and I think this would work great in real life too. I hope this lovely skirt appears online soon so I can wishlist it!!
Note: this post was edited on 7/23/2012 to update the product information for the Olmeda Pencil Skirt.
