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I’ve had a serious thing for skirts for the last year or two, and I always love J. Crew and Anthropologie’s offerings in particular.  Here are some reviews of recent J. Crew skirts (that I’m sure about 500 other people have covered by now, I’m so slow at posting, sorry!):

First up is the Pleated Lawn Skirt – $70.

I’m all about pleats, so I loved the look of this skirt at first on the hanger, but once on, it was a little less attractive.  I had just bought my Banana Republic pleated accordion skirt not 20 minutes before trying this on, and I found it maybe suffered a little too much in comparison.  Whereas the other is crisp and chic, this is a little overwhelming and matronly, a little too Laura Ingles Wilder for my taste.  I think a lot of it has to do with the too-long length of this skirt.  I’m 5′9″ and usually deal okay with long skirt lengths, but I felt this was a little much for me even.  I also wasn’t in love with the drab drab colors this seemed to be offered in — besides white, there was “mushroom,” light pink and pewter.  I don’t know, I just didn’t find any of them particularly inspiring.  I’m much more attracted to the Sundance Catalog’s take on this look, the French Quarter Skirt ($98), which has a slightly more flattering cut and comes in a pleasing green hue:

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After that, I tried on the Tiered Ruffle Skirt ($148), which I liked a lot better:

I have been on the search for the perfect white tiered ruffle skirt for a long time (ironically spurred by J. Crew’s last white tiered ruffle skirt offering, the Tulle Cascade Skirt) and I eventually concluded (in this post) that the skirt to fulfill my yearnings was a pretty, but very expensive, Valentino Red number.  Shortly after writing that though, I recieved my J. Crew card member’s preview look book and saw this skirt in it and knew that actually, *this* was the perfect skirt I was looking for.  I finally tried it on last week and was not disappointed, it’s lovely.  The length is good (most tiered ruffle skirts tend to be a little hoochie) and the layers of chiffon fall and drape perfectly.  The only thing is that it runs *very* big.  I tried on a 4 (I normally somewhere in the 4 – 6 – 8 spectrum depending on the cut, the line, and the extent of vanity sizing) and it gaped pretty badly at the waist.  I ended up fitting best in a 2.  Let me tell you people, with my butt, I am no size 2.  But I’ll take it, I guess.

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Finally, there’s the Bow Front Pencil Skirt ($98).  No idea what this one really called actually, since it’s not on the website yet.

Oh god, I want to marry this skirt and have it’s babies.  It’s so awesome.  The robin’s egg/Tiffany blue color is gorgeous, and the bow detailing on the front is so sweet and adorable.  Mrwor.  I am categorically opposed to buying anything from J.Crew not on sale, but my willpower is wavering here and I think I might have to make an exception.  (Fits a little big for J. Crew’s pencil skirts — I normally take an 8 there to accommodate the backside and a 6 here was fairly comfy/roomy for me.)

Have you guys tried on any of these, or seen any other cute skirts, from J. Crew or elsewhere?  Let me know your thoughts on them!