What the Mini Skirt Trend Means For Petites
Hello, It’s great to see you! I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July Holiday weekend. We had quite a mix of incredibly hot temperatures, thunderstorms and wind, torrential downpours and pleasantly partly cloudy skies. We made the most of it and gathered at Beth’s for a family dinner; with lawn games and cold drinks. Today, I'm continuing with a focus on petite stylings. I'm looking at what the mini skirt trend means for petites.
The Summary
 Today, Kelly shows us how how petites can wear the mini skirt trend in a non-mini way
 Kelly's modeled a linen mini skirt from J.Crew, and pulled together 3 alternates
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What The Mini Skirt Trend Means for Petites
1. My Rose Garden
Today, I have styled this white linen full skirt a little more casual with a cropped cotton tee shirt and colorful espadrille mules.Â
Linen Mini Skirt (J.Crew) | Cropped Organic Slub Cotton Tee (J.Crew) | Similar Espadrille Mules (Soludos) | Similar Espadrille Sandals (Talbots) | Similar Woven Tote (J.Crew)
I am showing off the progress of our rose garden today. Last summer we started this little rose garden in our backyard. This year, we have added several new plants for color and height variety. While we’ve dealt with learning the curve, this summer’s roses are really starting to come in beautifully.Â
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2. Linen Mini Skirt
(J.Crew)
This skirt is sold at J.Crew in regular sizes only, as a mini skirt. But you know what that means for us petites! Instead of being a mini skirt falling mid-thigh, this full skirt falls just above my knee. It fits true to size, I am wearing size regular 0.
The skirt is linen, but it’s lined so you don’t have to worry about it being sheer. I do love a full skirt; and it seems they are making a bit of a comeback, in easy to wear casual fabrics like cotton poplin and linen.Â
The fullness of the pleated linen and the shorter length of this skirt make it sweet and flirty. It is so much fun to wear!Â
Linen Mini Skirt (J.Crew) | Cropped Organic Slub Cotton Tee (J.Crew) | Similar Espadrille Mules (Soludos) | Similar Espadrille Sandals (Talbots) | Similar Woven Tote (J.Crew)
To keep things really casual, I am wearing a cropped tee shirt, untucked. I am a tuck-it-in kind of person, mostly because tee shirt lengths are always so long on me. So it’s really nice to find shorter length tee shirts that I can wear untucked – thanks to the resurfacing crop-top trend.Â
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3. Espadrille Mules
An espadrille mule is probably one of the easiest summer shoes to wear. This pair is from Soludos. I fell in love with the applique flowers. They are several years old, but Soludos usually has a few colorful options for embroidered espadrilles each year. I found an alternative at Talbots too, check them out below.
Strawberry Patch Espadrilles (Soludos) | Izzy Embroidered D’Orsay Chambray Espadrilles (Talbots)Â
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Alternative Stylings
Top Board: Linen Top (Talbots) | Floral Espadrille Wedges (Talbots) | Cotton Crochet Shopper Bag (Madewell) Left Board:Â Caslon Striped Woven Shirt (Nordstrom) | Franco Sarto Greene Sandal (Nordstrom) | Coach Crossbody Bag (Nordstrom)Â Right Board:Â Petite V-Neck Raglan Top (Ann Taylor) | Perforated Cork Pointy Ballet Flats (Ann Taylor) | Svala Convertible Cork Clutch (Verishop)Â
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Adorable you look just adorable. LOVE those flower shoes and your roses are beautiful.
Thanks so much, Rory! Those espadrilles are by far my favorite sandals from Soludos. I keep my eyes peeled every year for a new version, I keep hoping they will do something similar. Thanks so much for stopping by today! xo kelly
I love this outfit and you look fantastic in it. My fave of yours so far 🙂
Thank you so much, SusieG! This outfit is a joy to wear – so comfy, flirty and just plain fun! Thanks for stopping by today! xo Kelly
That skirt is just adorable. I love the appliquéd flowers, and is perfect to wear in a rose garden. My wonderful mother-in-law was an avid gardener and she loved her roses. Yours looks just as lovely as hers did. When I was in high school I had to wear a uniform. Our skirts were pleated and had to be worn at knee length, although we often rolled the waistbands two or three times to get them at the length we liked, but we had to be wary of the nuns and be ready to unroll at a moment’s notice.
Hi Mari, good to see you today! The roses sure are a fun and sometimes frustrating project for me. But I am slowly getting the hang of it and as the years go on (and I get better) I think I will have a rose garden to really show off! See you soon, xo Kelly