How to Wear a Leather Skirt with Elegance

The leather skirt intimidates as much as it attracts. Too rock, too strict, too dressed up? None of that, when the cut is right and the pairings are considered. At Jitrois, the skirt is one of the pieces where leather best expresses its duality, structure on one side, movement on the other. Here is our way of wearing it, cut by cut and occasion by occasion.

In Brief

1. Choose the cut first, pencil to sculpt, A-line to balance, long to stretch the silhouette.
2. Apply the rule of volumes, a fitted bottom calls for a fluid top, a flared bottom calls for a close-fitting top.
3. Play the contrast of materials with fine knits, cotton and silk, never an accumulation of shiny effects.
4. Ankle boots and pumps lengthen the leg, sneakers are reserved for relaxed moods.
5. In winter, fine tights, enveloping knitwear and a structured coat make it a true piece of the season.

Choosing the Cut That Suits You

Everything starts with the cut, as with every strong piece in the wardrobe.

The pencil skirt is the most couture. It sculpts the silhouette, defines the waist and commands immediate presence. It forgives nothing, however, in a rigid material, which is precisely why we work it in stretch leather, which embraces the line without ever constraining the stride.

The A-line skirt frees movement and balances the hips. It brings a more spontaneous, almost youthful freshness that leather comes to deepen.

The long skirt, straight or slit, stretches the silhouette and sets the most sophisticated register. Worn close to the body, it is an obvious evening piece.

The Golden Rule, Balancing Volumes

One rule governs all the others. A fitted bottom calls for a fluid top, a flared bottom calls for a close-fitting top.

With a pencil skirt, break the rigour with a soft shirt, a silk blouse or fine knitwear worn loose. With an A-line skirt, do the opposite, a bodysuit, a fine roll neck or a t-shirt tucked into the waistband. This simple mechanism avoids the two classic pitfalls, the constricted silhouette and the drowned one.

The second reflex is the one we apply to every leather piece, including when it comes to wearing leather trousers, the contrast of materials. Leather is dense and present, it balances with matte, light fabrics, cotton, cashmere, fine wool, washed silk.

One Skirt, Three Occasions

The register of an outfit never comes from the skirt itself, it comes from what accompanies it. In the daytime, the leather skirt becomes almost a basic. In the evening, the same piece becomes the central argument of the silhouette.

Which Shoes at Your Feet

The shoe decides the line. The ankle boot and the pump lengthen the leg and answer the character of the material, they are the two safe choices. The high boot works wonderfully with an A-line skirt or a long slit skirt. White sneakers, finally, are not forbidden, they are reserved for soft skirts worn with simple knitwear, in an assumed spirit of contrast.

A useful marker, the more structured the skirt, the finer the shoe can be. The reverse is just as true.

Winter, Its True Season

The leather skirt is thought of as a summer piece, it is in reality a born winter piece. The material cuts the wind and keeps you warm, something few fabrics offer at this level of allure. Fine black tights, enveloping knitwear, a long structured coat and ankle boots, the formula crosses the cold season without ever conceding on elegance.

This versatility comes from the very nature of the piece, inherited from the leather couture dear to the House, which treats the skirt as a garment of creation in its own right and not as a seasonal accessory. Discover our stretch leather skirts on jitrois.com.

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