Summer Skirt Trends 2009

Welcome spring and be budget smart by adding some trendy summer skirts to jazz up your wardrobe. With a bounty of cool and colorful designs and fabrics from which to choose, you will be ready to pack a bag and hit the vacation trail.

Hot summer skirt trends include updated styles like the traditional pencil skirt, A-line skirt, gauzy tiered skirts, and fashion details like pleats, waist variations and unique hemline designs. Novelty prints are hot, hot, hot, and using skirts as tops is edgy fashion for 2009.

Design details like shirred waistlines make pencil skirts shape-friendly for all body types. Summer skirts lengths range from twenty to twenty-five inches from the waist. Banded waist, bubble, and handkerchief hemlines round out the design details for summer.

Pencil Skirts

Best fabric choices for the pencil skirt are silk, cotton sateen, silk sharkskin, matte jersey and faille. Follow this link to see a stretch faille silk pencil skirt from MaxStudio.com for an elegant example of a trendy summer skirt.
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A-line Skirts

The A-line skirt has been a fashion staple for years, and this summer will be no exception. First introduced by Christian Dior in spring of 1955, the A-line design is still a top office choice. Styles are sleek with tailored fitted waists. Wear with the essential white blouse tucked in for a daytime look, then leave the blouse out and belted for a more casual evening look. Shop for these classic beauties online at stores like maxstudio.com, banana republic.com and gap.com. Banana Republic's white A line skirt is a fashionable summer addition that will be kind to your budget. See it here:www.bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do

Full Skirts

Put on your dancing shoes and dance the night away in a flirty, girly tiered full shirt. Best buy fabrics are ramie & cotton, hankie linen, cotton silk, and gauze. Fluid, lightweight fabrics that drape well and move with the body will be the best budget dollar stretchers. Full, tiered skirts are figure-friendly and can be dressed up or down. Find these skirts online at Blair.com at price points from $19.99 to 22.99.
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Waist Detailed Skirts

Summer fashion trends for skirts include interesting waist details and hemline options. Shirred, ruched, puckered and smocked waists are prevalent. The best thing about these waist options is the versatility it creates for your wardrobe. These girly little skirts can be worn as carefree tops, at the waist or low on the hips for a sexy, tropical island look. Long skirts with this type of waist can do double duty as sun dresses or beach cover-ups. Cinch in the waist with a glam belt and slip on strappy little sandals for an up-to-minute fashion look. Summer skirts are available at banana republic.com, maxstudio.com, and other online discount retailers.
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Novelty Skirts

Novelty print fabrics add a fresh spin to summer skirt trends. Small things, like a flirty or elegant new summer skirt, can make a big difference. An eclectic artsy item like this Slice of Summer skirt makes a big fashion statement. Available at anthropologie.com, this is a summer skirt must-have! See it here:www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp

No matter what your budget may be, there are plenty of inexpensive summer skirt options. Use the Internet as your shopping companion and window shop from the comfort of home.