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Do you prefer to wear skirt and tops, or dresses?
For this question, let’s call skorts and skirt suits as skirts, and two or three piece dresses as dresses. You can define “prefer” as either you have more in your closet, you wear more often, or would rather wear.
I get that there are times where jeans, slacks, leggings, capris, shorts or other types of pants are more appropriate. But I’m interested in the skirt vs. dress question here.
For me, I prefer skirts. By wearing a different top, I can change the color combination, or make the outfit work for different seasons. I can have on a gender neutral top to appear on camera while wearing a skirt out of the camera’s view. And quite a number of them can be made more casual or more formal or festive by changing the top. Every couple of weeks I get an urge to wear a dress instead of a skirt, but I’m much more likely to wear a skirt and top combo.
Hi Alison,
You said it best, skirts and and tops is a science in and of itself.
I am a total dress girl. One of our sisters claimed at one time to have 200 dresses. I could do that, all too easily.
There are many “Diane Rules”. One of them isn’t “don’t wear the same dress twice.” Yet.
Affectionately,
Diane
I am a dress girl and have too many to count. The first thing I noticed about girls were the lovely dresses they wore and wanting one for myself. I have been making up for those times of not having any and the wardrobe is full!
I have shorter thigh length tunic styles to long ones. It is often written that girls these days do not wear a dress, or the shops do not sell them. I have seen lots of women and girls in them and I have no problem topping up the wardrobe from the shop rails.
That’s not to say I haven’t got skirts and tops. I like to wear a long skirt in the colder months and have a quite a few tops to co ordinate with.It’s trousers and jeans I am not too keen on. The last time I wore a pair of office style trousers was to an interview for a job, that was about four years ago.
It’s dresses for me girls.
The question was, “what do you prefer.” I prefer a dress. In my mind dress = feminine.
However as you noted Alison there is just so much more you can do with skirts and tops.
I love dresses and a full slip under it, but necessity says I must be budget conscious so skirts and tops is the way to go for me.
I envy all you ladies that have your closet full of dresses. I am not sure how you afforded it, but I am happy for you.
Hugs,
Charlene
I’m with you about expense – so how about an “In the vicinity” library scheme to borrow some of each other’s prize items ?
Just imagine the fines for some clothes !! ( years overdue.)Well, perhaps not. Imagine the noise in the library – all those girls fighting for THAT dress !!
Happy days to you all.
I try to keep the numbers about even for skirts and dresses, but I have many more blouses than skirts. The skirts and blouses are for daily errands and such where jeans or slacks don’t quite make the grade. My dresses are more for dinner out and special occasions. I do love the ability to mix and match my skirts and blouses though.
PaulaF
My vote has to go to skirts. When I go out en femme, it’s mostly in shorts, skinny jeans/leggings, and sometimes skirts/skorts. I have bought several dresses that are hanging in my closet, but never worn one out of the house.
I’m not really sure why that is. Maybe its psychological. In my mind, a skort and t-shirt isn’t all that different from shorts and a t-shirt that I might have been wearing if I were in drab mode. Regardless, I love the idea of dresses, but never wear them.
Birel
Hi Alison.
I prefer to wear skirts for those times when it’s casual, or when I’m in between outfits (I change probably five or six times per day). Quick to put on & take off. And I like that I can put different outfits together by changing the tops. Like I’m wearing right now – a floral pattern skater skirt with a black top.
I prefer to wear dresses when I have time to glam it up a bit; time to put on makeup, time to accessorize. While my wife knows I’m a CD, she prefers not to see me dressed. So I leave the dresses for when she heads out of town (which nowadays is getting more often) to see our grandson or her father (who is getting quite frail and sadly not likely to make it to his next birthday).
I own plenty of each and very much like them both. And when I head out to the stores, like all the other CIS women in my community, I put on my femme skinny jeans. Have a lovely week. Hugs, Krista.
That’s a difficult one to answer! My heart would say dresses, but logic says skirts, I’d say I wear skirts more than dresses.
Comfort is key for me when it comes to clothing, particularly if I’m doing general activities. Skirts can be less intrusive (dependant on whether they dig into my stomach or not!), whereas with dresses you can learn forward and feel it pull at your shoulders etc.
Hi Alison!
Fun topic! I voted for dresses. While skirts and blouses are indeed feminine, I just feel dresses are just a bit more feminine. One pattern and/or fabric from neck line to hem line gives the most feminine look in my mind which is why I prefer dresses. Skirts and blouses do give more choices and are easier in many ways but I love dresses best.
Hugs,
Autumn
Dresses have a slight priority over skirts and tops for me. switching tops and skirts to achieve different looks, feels, colors and combinations is fun, but dresses seem to add more femininity than skirts and tops. Besides with all the different styles, length, purposes and colors of dresses nearly the same end result can be achieved with a dress as with a skirt and top.
I actually love a one piece dress. BUT…. Being the classic inverted triangle that I am, I often can’t fit a dress well. Separates seem to be the best for me.
I’m 46-36-42, so, a dress that fits my torso(even without forms) tends to be big in the waist and huge in the hips. I’ve been lucky with a few that are VERY stretchy that I can get around my chest and they just hang on the hips. Rare…
So, Skirt/top combos are usually the best option do that I can buy separates that fit the top and bottom accordingly.
Shop on girls!
xoxo
Rayna
I believe dresses are a bet more fem but wear skirts and tops also. A practical concern for me with skirts is that my cubic shape makes it tough to keep a skirt on my hips and has led to some embarrassing incidents. On one occasion my girlfriend was driving in stop and go traffic. Others stopped. She went. Car wrecked on interstate in rush hour. The law and wrecker arrived about the same time and as I was being questioned by both, surrounded by gawking drivers passing slowly through the mess my skirt slipped to the pavement. I’m sure I made enjoyable 6 o’clock news for the eye in the sky. I have lost half slips in similar fashion while wearing a dress, but I find losing a skirt is more embarrassing than losing a slip so lean toward dresses, possibly with a full slip, when feeling a need to minimize such risks.
My shape is pretty straight too. With my belly, my waist and hips are the same size, allowing me to put on/take off my male pants without having to work the button.
I usually solve such a problem by buying elastic waist A-line skirts in one to two sizes smaller. Because of the A-line, it still fits my hips. And the smaller size means the elastic is tighter around my waist and much less likely to slip.
Oh my ! You poor gal ! I would have been mortified!
Skirts here. Being able to mix and match tops/skirts you can have a huge combination of styles and come up with a new outfit almost daily.
With a skirt, I can make multiple outfit changes in a day quick and easy.
I do have some dresses, but I rarely wear them; the big reason is I can’t zip up/down the back without help. So I’m basically “trapped” (ok not that it is a bad thing to be trapped in a lovely dress) until someone can unzip me.
I have learned a trick to zippers. Take a paper clip attach a string long enough to pull over the shoulder. Feed the clip through the zipper with the string up. Once you pull it up then you should be able to remove the clip or just tuck it under the back of the dress. You may be able to tuck the string under the shoulder and tuck it in to the bra strap.
Hugs Karen
Nothing against skirts, as a matter of fact, I like them a lot. The problem I have is with the tops. I have like genuinely one or two tops that I enjoy cycling through and I hate shopping for more. They always look like guy tops or just plain and uninteresting. Never been big on repetitive prints or graphic prints on a tshirt (which is funny cause that’s literally my job). A dress on the other hand always seems to aim to have a feminine cut to the sleeves or neckline.
As a result I like skirts, but my top selection is so droll that I always default to dresses, lol
I agree on dresses! Besides you don’t have to worry about the ‘tuck’
I feel like you’ve explained my rationale as well here. My wardrobe is probably 3:1 dresses to skirts. I like wearing skirts and keep telling myself I should wear them more often, but feel like I have to work much harder putting the look together. Also a dress can be so easy regardless of the activity, a house dress to stay in, or a quick maxi and a jacket to go out and I’m ready. So actually comes down to being a lazy girl I guess 💁♀️😝
Heather
I have dozens of skirts, but only a dozen or so dresses. My wife commented on the weekend that I “might have a skirt problem”, as I added another 4 to my collection. I also added 2 dresses…. Very nice dresses, I must add. I do like to wear a dress, but I seem to keep them for special occasions. Those occasions where you just want to wear something different, or perhaps put a bit more effort in. I always feel “special” in a dress. My every day wear is skirt and top. .
Cerys.
I said skirts because there are no issues with getting them zipped up unlike dresses where you sometimes have to contort yourself to get them zipped. Plus you can twirl a skirt😊
I love dresses but it’s always a crapshoot on sizing. The right fitting dress is hard to beat though.
Skirts are also a favorite but as many ladies have said, figuring out a top is where it gets tricky sometimes. I have several skirts that I cycle through but only a couple tops that I really like.
-Chloé
I prefer a dress but only if I am going to a place where other women are wearing them like dinners out or a party. I also like summer cotton dresses in warm climate. Nevertheless I find myself in skirts and blouses a lot for just running about a normal day like grocery shopping as I like to blend in more and not stand out
Hum…, for me that’s like asking, “Do you prefer a lobster or a ribeye steak… Yum! Either floats MY boat, especially if there is a breeze to ruffle the hem, um, and maybe even lift it up a little…😇
But seriously, for a casual out & about skirt and top works best for me. We’re as a dress would be for a more formal occasion.
Hugs
Jules
🥰🌈👩Dresses for sure! Dresses are my favorite piece of clothing, period. I work in a clothing store, and I’ve lost count of the number of dresses I have, lol. I love dresses with a floral pattern, as well as dresses with a swing on the bottom, because I think they’re fun to wear. I love dresses, and would honestly love to make my own line of dresses one day. I’m so happy when I wear dresses, I love them! <3
What a great question!! I loved reading through all the responses!
Although, I love a cute skirt and sweater outfit, I had to go with dresses. Based that on always going to the dress rack first! And, more often than not, it is a dress that gets pulled out first. Nothing better than the feel of a dress!! And so many choices!!
I have dresses and skirts and tops in my wardrobe. I like both types of outfits. Skirts and tops are more versatile. Dresses are better for formal occasions. However, since dresses can cover a wider range of style, from casual to formal, I will choose my dresses if I have to choose only one type of outfit.
I don’t own either. And my wife doesn’t wear dresses, only has a few, and has horrible taste. 😂 Same for her skirts.
She does own several ball gowns that I have tried to fit into, but can’t zip up due to my chest size and broader shoulders. I would really like to see how I look in one, though 😍.
So I’m stuck with skinny jeans or leggings and blouses. Which I like, luckily. 😉
Great topic Allison. Personally I prefer skirts over dresses it allows me to mix and match sizes. Most dresses don’t fit my body well. Too loose on the bottom yet tight on top(wide shoulders and no butt). Separates also have such versatility a different top paired with a new pair of pumps can make a standard black skirt look brand new! Ty for a fun topic allison!
Since I am a plus sized gal I have to go with the dresses option. Tank or bodycon dresses help hide the shapewear underneath and I can wear them plain as is or dress them up with a top of my choosing. And similar to skirts dresses have different lengths for however much leg you are wanting to show off 😉
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