Ot Just Clothes !!!Length of skirt ?

Most of the females from families who are linked to the local monastery
www.papastronsay.co.uk wear full length skirts and never wear
slacks/jeans. Even the female archaeologists who visited to excavate
Papa Stronsay a few years ago had to wear long skirts; and the males had
to wear long trousers rather than shorts. It's an historical, cultural
thing I suppose; men remove hats in church whilst women don headgear of
some sort.
--
Bruce Fletcher
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At 5'2" and *wide* anything below the knee just makes me look wider,
so I go for just above the knee.

Fran

On Jul 9, 11:26*pm, Shanti wrote:
On Jul 7, 9:06*pm, wrote:

I don`t know how many of you wear *skirts at times , but how long is/
are your skirts,, amkle length ? under /over knee ???
Just curious ???
I wear mostly skirts/dresses , length is from ankle to under knee ?
mirjam

I tend to agree with Joan. I'm not very tall, and my slimness doesn't
save me from looking dumpy in a long skirt. Mid-calf is the maximum I
tend to go. But having said that, my preferred length is just below
the knee. But I own to having a couple of denim skirts finishing just
above the knee, and when it gets warm (if it ever does in this
constant rain) I even wear "short" shorts. I don't know how many more
years I can, so I'm determined to get the most out of them while I
still can!

-Shanti.

Thank you Shanti ,
I am learning a lot from all of you ,
mirjam

On Jul 10, 12:25*am, lewmew wrote:
I'm 5'10" and leggy, so I can wear a lot of different lengths. *Most
of my winter work skirts tend to be mid-calf and straight. *In summer,
I go all over the place from right above the knee to mid-calf. *I like
just below the knee a lot in summer. *And no sleeves

I lost a lot of weight, so I needed to buy new shorts this year - most
of them are a couple of inches above the knee - Bermuda or metro
length. *Capris just look stupid on me.

Linda

Thank you Linda ,,
It is a delight to read , how persons are free to make their choices
and why they do it ,,
mirjam

On Jul 8, 12:21*am, Olwyn Mary wrote:
wrote:
I don`t know how many of you wear *skirts at times , but how long is/
are your skirts,, amkle length ? under /over knee ???
Just curious ???
I wear mostly skirts/dresses , length is from ankle to under knee ?
mirjam

I find the most attractive length on me is around 1.5 or 2 inches below
the bottom of the kneecap. *Fortunately, I make all my dress clothes, I
think the way they are showing them in the shops these days at just
above the kneecap is the most UNattractive length on the majority of women.

On Jul 10, 1:37*am, "Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)"
wrote:
Most of the females from families who are linked to the local monastery
www.papastronsay.co.uk wear full length skirts and never wear
slacks/jeans. Even the female archaeologists who visited to excavate
Papa Stronsay a few years ago had to wear long skirts; and the males had
to wear long trousers rather than shorts. It's an historical, cultural
thing I suppose; men remove hats in church whilst women don headgear of
some sort.
--
Bruce Fletcher
(Remove dentures to reply)

Sorry Bruce , tried the Adress you gave , but nothing appeared ???
What kind of Dig was done there ? What kind of Order does the
monastery belong to ????
mirjam

On Jul 10, 4:47*am, Fran wrote:
At 5'2" and *wide* anything below the knee just makes me look wider,
so I go for just above the knee.

Fran

As long as you feel ok in it ,,,, it is good that you can wear
this ,,,
mirjam

I wear skirts very seldom these days, because although my workplace's dress
code permits them, they make sense for women at the cash desk, but not for
those of us working on the sales floor. I bend, lift, crawl around to
arrange things on shelves, climb up step stools and walk and run several km
daily. Pantihose would never stand up to it. Pants look better with the
kind of shoes I need to wear to meet the dress code and be reasonably
mobile.

I am going out to dinner with a friend and a visiting student on Friday, and
if it is as hot as today, I might wear a dress I bought recently. The hem
is just below the kneecap, whichh is where I prefer them, as I am fairly
short, and think longer hems make me look even shorter.

Dawne

wrote:
Sorry Bruce , tried the Adress you gave , but nothing appeared ???
What kind of Dig was done there ? What kind of Order does the
monastery belong to ????


Sorry Miriam, www.papastronsay.com is the correct URL, the website has
the history etc of the Transalpine Redemptorists.
Links to details of Papa Stronsay excavations are on my website at
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont/stronsay/papastronsay.html
--
Bruce Fletcher
(Remove dentures to reply)

wrote:
I don`t know how many of you wear skirts at times , but how long is/
are your skirts,, amkle length ? under /over knee ???
Just curious ???
I wear mostly skirts/dresses , length is from ankle to under knee ?
mirjam

I prefer my skirts to be ankle length. When I was in high school, I
liked knee length or slightly shorter skirts, since I (apparently) had
nice legs. The last eight years have not been kind to me weight-wise,
and so I prefer the comfort and security of long boho/gypsy skirts.

I just finished making a three tiered petticoat out of creamy white
cotton. While putting a drawstring on it screams "hey, I'm fat", the
added comfort is well worth it.

It's awesome to go out barefoot to water the garden and feel a light
summer breeze on my legs.

Becky A.