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Somehow as I inched closer towards 40, my hemlines inched closer towards my ankles.
I have shorter skirts in my closet, was there a reason I never wore them anymore?
Age is certainly a factor.
And yet, why cant an almost 40 year-old wear a short skirt?
I considered this when asking a fashion editor friend whether my mid-calf houndstooth skirt worked with kitten heels.
She looked down dubiously, then definitive: No.
The longer the hem the higher the heel needs to be.
I figured it was worth a try.
And why not experiment with a different silhouette?
For some reason, a shorter hem channeled festive to me and felt holiday party appropriate.
Even then, it grazed too high on my thigh for comfort, especially on sticky bare-legged days.
Sitting in a short skirt was an extra consideration that I did not appreciate.
But proportions feel important with a mini skirt.
The equation that worked for me was: small earring, small heel, large sweater.
With the Tory Burch skirt I wore a moss-colored v-neck sweater long ago borrowed from my stepfather.
The looseness of it felt right with the narrow, short silhouette of the skirt.
My final effort was a black satin Banana Republic mini skirt purchased for this very assignment.
Thinking ahead to when were old!
