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Hi! My name is Susan Jacobs of Personal Style Image Consulting and on behalf of Expert Village;
I'm here to talk to you today about older, better, but not necessarily harder to dress.
In this clip, we're talking about the pencil skirt. A pencil skirt is a very slim fitting
skirt, usually has a flat waist as my model's. There are no pleats. It could have a side
zip or back zip, which are very flattering. They may or may not have pockets, but the
key thing about a pencil skirt is it follows the natural shape of the hip, the thigh, and
the leg. Pencil skirts are the most flattering skirt for any shape. Pencil skirts should
not cling. They should fit at the waist, but if your hips are a problem area and you want
to buy one that fits at the hip and then have it tailored at the waist to fit accordingly.
The most often mistake people make is buying a pencil skirt that is too tight in the hip
area and causes it not just to look unflattering, but it will ride up. So what you do, just
to restate that because they are the most flattering skirt for any shape, especially
at 50. We look great, we want to show off those curves. But keep in mind they should
be to the knee or just below the knee and they don't cling; they follow the shape of
the body. So if your problem area is your waist, fit it there first. If your problem
area is more in the tummy area, that's where you want it to fit you and tailor it so that
it fits you and complements and floats over those curves.