What exactly is a skort? It could most simply be described as a piece that looks like a skirt from the front, and a pair of shorts from the back. Wikipedia says that the skort was invented by Montgomery Ward in 1959. Originally this piece was made up of a skirt with a pair of attached bloomers. Attractive, right? The skort was invented to give us ladies more freedom of movement to do activities such as gardening, cycling, and cleaning while still maintaining a feminine look. Eventually, the skort evolved along with women’s fashion into the piece we know and love today: a pair of shorts with a piece of fabric across the front or all around.

It may be one of those slightly intimidating pieces that looks cute on the hanger but you find yourself, perhaps half-frantically, asking, “How do I wear a skort?” “What do I wear a skort with?” “How do I style a skort?” The answer is, however you want! Make it individual. Here, Brittany makes it look easy in our jacquard skort by Cupcakes and Cashmere and striped crop top by Jack by BB Dakota. We dressed it up by adding a sparkling crystal bracelet by Chan Luu, heels by Calvin Klein, and a cute clutch by Brighton. She looks fearless and bold. It is her statement piece, saying, “I am ultra-chic, fresh, and edgy.”

What about here? In this photo, the skort lends a Romanticism. An elegance. She is effortlessly girly. Sophisticated and classy. Graceful.

A skort- or any piece-can be whatever you want, even seemingly opposite things: edgy and classic, bold and elegant, Romantic and fresh. What a skort can do is a many-layered thing.  Perhaps that is truly what style is:  creating a complex, many-layered story of your own authorship. So choose the skort with the bold pattern, the bright color, the textured material; pair it with a crop top, a button-up, your favorite tank; dress it up or down–just make it yours.

Your wardrobe is your story to the world; make sure it’s an inspiring one!

xoxo

Written by Kelsea King