Hate the pencil skirt

If I may send one item of clothing to the Bermuda Triangle for a bite to swallow and a who-we'll-never-see-again, it is the pencil skirt. This sexist, boring straitjacket should be banished immediately to a desert island or some other place where the chances of it being seen by human eyes are negligible.

Yes, yes, I hear you saying. But the pencil skirt is always good and ever sexy, right? Even if the thighs have turned out a bit more generous?

Agreed. Agreed. But in the name of fashion, the pencil skirt has done its job. And has had its best time. Unless you rock it (rock the skirt) in a leather variant or dare to style it with atypical pieces like a shirt from a hard rock band and a mid-calf boot with studs. I would say: mix it with a white blouse and a fitted jacket, unless you want to pull off a huge juf Ank and suddenly take off your glasses and let your bun down, revealing a red bra hidden beneath all that innocence.

Once, the pencil skirt wrote fashion revolution. Was it Jacques (Faith)? Was it Christian (Dior)?
In any case, it found its origin in the mid-forties of the last century. Not surprising, as after a period of fear where women took on the work of men, femininity was celebrated. The New Look of Christian Dior with the enormous skirts and focus on the waist. Jacques Faith emphasized the feminine with the fitted pencil skirt that ended just above the knee. Jackie O was a fervent wearer of this fashion invention.

But then was then and now is now. We are almost eighty years into our fashion evolution. We understand the culotte (he may not yet, but you do) and applaud the baggy trousers. Sexy is also an illusion, the comfort of wearing that makes feminine.

The pencil skirt has had its best time. Just a one-way ticket to Bermuda-Bahamas for me. Although it was quite handy in some respects. To bring up an anecdote from the old box. Irene van de Laar once walked into the Boulevard editorial office in a rather revealing pencil skirt that was fastened with a smooth knot. ‘Sexy, right,“ said S, the executive producer. ”And easy, with a knot like that. You can loosen it in no time.“ This was in the pre-me too era, that much is clear. Irene looked at him in surprise with a look of ”what are you making difficult‘. ’It can also just go up, you know.“