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How To Wear A Mini Skirt And Look Even Better Than Cher Horowitz

Mini skirts are making a comeback. Here's how to embrace the micro trend...

By Amy De Klerk
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Mini skirts are enjoying something of a revival this autumn. Hemlines have been getting shorter on the red carpet, the front rows and on the catwalk with vinyl, denim and herringbone prints tending to be the styles of choice. However, if you're usual style is more maxi dress than mini skirt, here's 10 ways to make the trend work for you. Cher Horowitz, who?

Go tailored

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If denim mini skirts feel a little junior, embrace a high hemline in a traditional suit material instead. Alexa Chung makes a case for working the trend in the form of a tailored two-piece by Stella McCartney.

Team with boots

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Wearing a mini skirt with trainers might make you feel like you've just climbed out of your teenage wardrobe, however if you style them with chunky boots a la Alicia Vikander, it will have a much cooler and more modern feel about it.

Make it high-waisted

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Take your cue from this style maven and opt for a mini skirt that sits much higher on your midriff, rather than at your hips. It will avoid you tapping into that 'belt skirt' trend that haunted us in the Noughties.

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Wear with tights

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We all have a love/hate relationship with tights, but if you're going to go mini in the British winter, you'll have to embrace them. And, as Marc Jacobs proved on the AW17 catwalk, they really can look quite chic.

Dress it up

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Even though Giovanna Battaglia is wearing girly pink hues and heart-shaped sunglasses, she's still managed to make her mini look all grown up. Take your cue from her and dress it up with statement heels and an on-trend jacket.

Choose a ladylike print

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The ditzy print on Emily Ratajkowski's floral mini skirt makes it look ladylike and elegant. We'd pair ours with a cable knit jumper and a pair of brogues.

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Team high hemlines with high necklines

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Make like Topshop's latest catwalk collection and go for legs over boobs by pairing a mini skirt with a polo-neck jumper or a high-necked T-shirt, rather than something more low cut.

Channel your inner cowgirl

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YSL's SS18 collection was all about the high octane minis. While some of the pieces were definitely more night-time glamour, the house also made the trend work for the day with a western feel by teaming with chunky knits, oversized jackets and knee-high boots.

Wear pointy flats

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Create the illusion that your legs are much longer than they are by teaming your micro mini with fancy pointy flats á la Camille Charriere.

From: Harper's BAZAAR UK
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