The Skirt Season Nobody Talks About
The quiet hero of spring dressing
There is a small window every year when getting dressed becomes slightly confusing. It’s too warm for real winter clothes but still too cold to fully commit to summer. Jackets come on and off all day, sweaters linger, and suddenly none of your outfits make much sense.
This is usually when the skirt quietly saves the day.
@soeurParis
A good skirt is probably the most useful mid-season piece. It works with everything you already have. Your leftover winter knits, a trench coat, even a Barbour jacket if the morning still feels a bit too fresh. Something about the mix of a sweater or a jacket with a skirt just balances things out.
Right now I’ve been wearing two wool skirts from COS on repeat. Technically they belong to winter, but that’s exactly why they work so well in spring. With a cashmere sweater and a blazer or a trench, the outfit feels warm enough but not heavy. It also looks like you planned it, even if you absolutely did not.
The best part about skirts is that there are almost no shoe rules. You can wear them with sandals, flip-flops, espadrilles, Sebagos, whatever feels right that morning. Somehow it all works. A wool skirt with flip-flops shouldn’t make sense, but it does.
Colour becomes fun again too. You can keep the outfit simple and let the shoes do something a little louder. It feels playful without committing to a full colourful summer wardrobe yet.
If you’re looking for good ones right now, I would keep an eye on COS, Soeur, the Zara Home beach collection, Kule, TWP, Matteau, or even American Vintage. They all do that slightly structured skirt that works with almost anything.
Personally, I always go for espadrilles. I know they’re not everyone’s favourite, but I love them. They have that relaxed, slightly stubborn summer feeling that works perfectly with a skirt and a knit.
Spring dressing is really the quiet in-between. Not winter anymore, not quite summer yet. Just that small moment when a good skirt does most of the work.
