Plus Size Mini Skirts

Mini skirts are the length most people get wrong in plus sizes, and almost always for the same reason: the skirt is bought for the waist and then sits too short once it is over the hip. This collection is cut to solve that, and the difference is in the rise and the hem rather than the size label.

High waist changes the length. A high-waisted mini starts at the natural waist rather than below the belly, which means the hem has further to travel before it reaches mid-thigh, so the same nominal length sits lower and reads longer. If you have avoided minis because they felt shorter on you than they did on the model, this is the shape to try.

Built-in shorts on the flowy styles. The flowy mini here has attached shorts under a single layer of skirt. That is not only about coverage: the shorts stop the fabric clinging between the thighs when you walk, which is the reason lightweight skirts ride up in the first place. You get the swing of a skirt with the behaviour of a skort.

Fabric. 95% polyester, 5% spandex, elastic closure, lightweight and soft against the skin. The polyester keeps the drape light enough that the skirt moves rather than hangs, and the spandex is what lets an elastic waist sit flat over a softer midsection instead of cutting in. Nothing here is lined beyond the shorts, so treat white and pale colours as daylight-only.

Sizing. XL through 5XL, elastic waist. On a mini, size on your **hip** rather than your waist: the waistband will cope, but a skirt that is tight across the seat will lift at the hem and lose exactly the length you bought it for. If you are between sizes here, take the larger one.

How to wear it. With opaque tights and boots through autumn, bare-legged with trainers in summer, or with one of our thigh high socks when you want the leg line to read longer. For a dinner, the black flowy mini with a fitted top and a heel is the version that stops looking casual. Machine wash cold, hang to dry, and steam the hem rather than ironing it, because a pressed hem on a lightweight skirt leaves a shine.

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