Here are some good-looking hippie skirts for finicky curvy women with good taste. Most of these styles should look fab on any girl, especially plus sized females.
UllaPopken.com
Ulla Popken is a European (German) company with “young fashion in plus sizes”. Their online catalog really does have cute clothes that would look good on hip ex-hippies and even high-school, teenage chicks. Urban granola all the way, baby!
Generally, Euro-fashion is so far ahead of North America that a femme could buy some small thing in Monoprix (the K-Mart of Paris) and it wouldn't be trendy in The States for several years. What could be better? Unfortunately, a girl needs an airline ticket and a bean-sprout diet for that.
Ulla Popken Boho Skirts
Ulla Popken has several skirts with a 60s gypsy, bohemian look.
Patched Detail Skirt: This patchwork-style piece has several prints that rove the cooler side of the spectrum (from green and turquoise, to blue and purple) in some nice, artsy hues. The extra-authentic hippie touch is the ribbon-style banding along the hem.
Multi Print Maxi Skirt: This style looks like something straight from the Haight-Ashbury 60s. (Yes, author was there.) It has a mix of Indian pattern, sequins, and European-flower block print, with nicer colors and details than other broomstick skirts.
UllaPopken.com has other goodies, like the Satin Banded Crinkle Skirt (an organic earth-tone green) and several boho maxi dresses, which are sometimes easier to fit than skirts. It just depends where God planted the curves on a woman’s body.
SoftSurroundings.com Gypsy Skirts
SoftSurroundings.com has skirts that go up to size 18. And, they are very gypsy-ethnic, indeed.
Other Groovy Skirts
Here are a few more finds:
Best Style Maxi Skirts
The main thing to look for with an ethnic hippie-chic skirt is a nice drape. It’s a plus if the fabric is cotton, but consider any fabric that really flows. Stiffness might be okay on a size 6, but it isn’t the best look for larger chicks. (Some true patchwork skirts are extremely stiff.)
Best Boho Colors
Use discrimation when deciding if a hippie style skirt is groovy or tasteless.
If the skirt looks like a hippie costume for Halloween, it’s not going to play well in daytime Kansas and it's not true bohemian chic. Tie-dye contrasts should be subtle. Mixed patterns should not be garish and earthy colors are sometimes best; for example, a long red skirt may be a bit much.
Online Styles
If none of these spring/summer skirt styles is right, try some combination of these keywords in an internet search:
Author Twinkle Brar
UllaPopken.com
Ulla Popken is a European (German) company with “young fashion in plus sizes”. Their online catalog really does have cute clothes that would look good on hip ex-hippies and even high-school, teenage chicks. Urban granola all the way, baby!
Generally, Euro-fashion is so far ahead of North America that a femme could buy some small thing in Monoprix (the K-Mart of Paris) and it wouldn't be trendy in The States for several years. What could be better? Unfortunately, a girl needs an airline ticket and a bean-sprout diet for that.
Ulla Popken Boho Skirts
Ulla Popken has several skirts with a 60s gypsy, bohemian look.
Patched Detail Skirt: This patchwork-style piece has several prints that rove the cooler side of the spectrum (from green and turquoise, to blue and purple) in some nice, artsy hues. The extra-authentic hippie touch is the ribbon-style banding along the hem.
- Sizes: 12/14 to 24/26.
- Length 35”, probably almost-ankle length on most girls.
Multi Print Maxi Skirt: This style looks like something straight from the Haight-Ashbury 60s. (Yes, author was there.) It has a mix of Indian pattern, sequins, and European-flower block print, with nicer colors and details than other broomstick skirts.
- Sizes: 12/14 to 32/34.
- Length 36”.
- 100% Cotton.
UllaPopken.com has other goodies, like the Satin Banded Crinkle Skirt (an organic earth-tone green) and several boho maxi dresses, which are sometimes easier to fit than skirts. It just depends where God planted the curves on a woman’s body.
SoftSurroundings.com Gypsy Skirts
SoftSurroundings.com has skirts that go up to size 18. And, they are very gypsy-ethnic, indeed.
- Islamorada Skirt: This style would have been perfect in Golden Gate Park or Ibiza, back in the day.
- Summer Swirl Skirt: Just like the other styles, this garment has a pull-on elastic waist. (Somehow, zips aren’t as comfy.) And, it has a chic bias-twirl shape. Colors: Black, turquoise, yellow.
Other Groovy Skirts
Here are a few more finds:
- OldNavy.com: Slub-knit Tiered Maxi. Try the blue.
- eShakti.com: Smock Waist Tiered Long Skirt is floor length and unlined. Unlined styles leave lots of options for layering (with a shorter dress over it) and can be more comfortable than other garments with polyester linings. To 3X. (Skirt can be custom-made.)
Best Style Maxi Skirts
The main thing to look for with an ethnic hippie-chic skirt is a nice drape. It’s a plus if the fabric is cotton, but consider any fabric that really flows. Stiffness might be okay on a size 6, but it isn’t the best look for larger chicks. (Some true patchwork skirts are extremely stiff.)
- The skirt’s shape should skim the curves, but should not stop apple-shaped women from breathing, or pull at the seams when a pear-shaped gal sits down.
- If the comfort isn’t there, it must be sent back. (Think twice about customized clothes that cannot be returned.) And, any skirt that cuts into one’s waist will hang forever in one’s closet.
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Best Boho Colors
Use discrimation when deciding if a hippie style skirt is groovy or tasteless.
If the skirt looks like a hippie costume for Halloween, it’s not going to play well in daytime Kansas and it's not true bohemian chic. Tie-dye contrasts should be subtle. Mixed patterns should not be garish and earthy colors are sometimes best; for example, a long red skirt may be a bit much.
- Try to get a peasant top (or any top) that matches or blends with the dominant skirt color. That way the top and bottom will flow like a maxi dress.
- If there are horizontal stripes, the eye-popping stripes (ideally) should be below the knee or near the hem.
- Ditsy flowers go well with the boho clothes trend. Tiny-flowered prints are a very “back to the land” commune-farm authentic look, and can work like a solid.
Online Styles
If none of these spring/summer skirt styles is right, try some combination of these keywords in an internet search:
- Plus size maxi skirts
- Gypsy tiered skirts (See Nieman’s.)
- Ethnic skirts (Consider styles from India.)
- Rachel Pally White Label (Black maxi would rock with a black Mexican embroidered-gauze shirt.)
- Remember: Comfort, sexy drape, and subtle-but-pretty colors.
Author Twinkle Brar
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