You don't need 広大な/多数の/重要な 脚s, good 肌 ? or even have to shave. Our fashion 専門家 明らかにする/漏らすs the one item of 着せる/賦与するing that REALLY is age-proof

Everyone has their fashion 鎮圧するs, don't they? I mean those items of 着せる/賦与するing that make your heart flip because of all the memories.

It might date 支援する to your adolescence when 着せる/賦与するs were the gateway to adulthood (any 壇・綱領・公約 boots) or it could be something that accidentally fitted as if it had been made for you and wearing it, you felt like the queen of the world (strapless satin dress, red, borrowed for one night only in the 1980s).

One thing about a fashion 鎮圧する, you can 保証(人) it won't be a useful turtleneck or a wax jacket. Still, if you're lucky, you'll have one that could work again, if 確かな 条件s were met, and come the day when this 鎮圧する re-enters the fashion charts, you can revisit your fashion happy place all over again.

Actress Katie Holmes wore a summery monochrome maxi skirt while out and about in New York
Model Kendall Jenner was spotted in a cream maxi skirt in California

Actress Katie Holmes wore a summery monochrome maxi skirt while out and about in New York, left, while model Kendall Jenner was spotted in a cream maxi skirt in California

If you happen to have a thing for long skirts (number three on my 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)), this time has come. They are 支援する this summer in a big way and the 危険s of looking like an old Woodstock hippy are いっそう少なく than 無 so long as you がまんする by a few basic 支配するs starting with, go for a slimmer 削減(する).

The long skirts I've worn over the years have 変化させるd from tiered and low on the hip (in the 1990s) to 狭くする A line with a yolk 最高の,を越す (Laura Ashley 1974), but tiers are off the (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する now: too virginal or too hippy and (unless you are sapling わずかな/ほっそりした) almost always fattening. Stick to the simple pared 支援する styles, however, and long skirts have a lot going for them.

They are age-proof for one. You don't have to have 広大な/多数の/重要な 脚s or good 肌 or even smooth, depilated 脚s to wear a long skirt (although a decent pedicure is advisable since you'll want to wear open-toed sandals with your skirt: の近くにd footwear can 結局最後にはーなる making you feel too covered up).

They're a 類似の silhouette to baggy or palazzo trousers but more elegant?― and cooler in the heat.

And they have some of the advantages of trousers (脚 lengthening, 平易な to wear) and 非,不,無 of the drawbacks of 正規の/正選手 skirts or dresses ie. having to work out what to wear on your lower 脚s (特に tricky in 早期に summer when they've been hidden away for so long).

Worn in a nonchalant, smart casual way ― with a plain T shirt or a vest under a shirt ― they can be a really useful part of your summer wardrobe.

The long skirts we can do 商売/仕事 with aren't waisted: the 最高の,を越す either has an elasticated waist ― more comfortable and flattering than a gathered waist ― or a soft yoke 最高の,を越す with some stretch, which 許すs you to wear the skirt higher or lower on the hips, whatever 控訴s you best.

Hush has a good orange maxi skirt with a drawstring waist, lean and nicely draped without 存在 clingy (£79, hush-uk.com) and Me+Em does a yoke 最高の,を越す skirt in soft cheesecloth with a bit of stretch in cream with a 黒人/ボイコット daisy print (£125, meandem.com).

The way to wear a maxi skirt now is with a waistband-grazing T shirt (no tucking in with elastic waists), or with a vest under a jacket or open shirt, or with a waisted knit 最高の,を越す.

Cate Blanchett paired a maxi skirt with a matching shirt at the Cr
itics' Choice Awards in 2023
Actress Michaela Coel wore a Ferragamo co-ord at the Fashion Awards last year

Cate Blanchett paired a maxi skirt with a matching shirt at the Critics' Choice Awards in 2023, left, and fellow actress Michaela Coel wore a Ferragamo co-ord at the Fashion Awards that year

Floaty 最高の,を越すs in gauzy fabrics, 封鎖する prints, rope or cork wedges or any 肉親,親類d of heels, take away from the clean sporty look that keeps this new (製品,工事材料の)一回分 of maxis looking fresh. This is not, repeat not, a boho look ― which is why it 作品 for us.

A linen rich skirt in 黒人/ボイコット or dark olive green, still with a drawstring waist, is a smarter every-day-in-the-city look (£25, marksandspencer.com). 示すs & Spencer' s style has a 味方する 分裂(する), drapes nicely and looks work-ready with a vest under a stripey open shirt with tan or 黒人/ボイコット flat pumps or sandals.

示すs & Spencer's crisp A-line 黒人/ボイコット maxi (£39.50) is also bang on this summer-in-the-city mood.

It has slouchy pockets and the 態度 of relaxed wide-脚 trousers and would look smart with a cream knit short-sleeved 最高の,を越す or a cropped, buttoned-up cotton jacket in cream or 黒人/ボイコット or khaki.

Another secret to keeping the maxi looking modern and grown up is a glimpse of sandals, just enough that you don't look like you're sailing around on coasters (lots of longer skirts are 述べるd as maxis, but a true maxi is ankle bone covering).

For holidays you can go wild and maxis are your mosquito-反抗するing after-dark friend. Ro&Zo's Moroccan rose print skirt (£63, jdwilliams.co.uk) will look 広大な/多数の/重要な with that gold lurex knitted 最高の,を越す.

Whoever said never again?!