(by "short" they mean "invisible")

[deird1]

People have the strangest ideas about what a "long skirt" is.


What I want is a skirt that is mid-shin length or longer. In other words... a long skirt.

I tried explaining this to multiple sales people today. Typical conversation went like this:

"I'm looking for a skirt. A long one."

"Sure! We have those! How long?"

"Really long. A bit longer than the one I'm wearing now."

"Absolutely! No problem!" *looks down at the skirt I'm wearing* "...oh."


The skirt I'm currently wearing reaches to my knees. Apparently this is so incredibly long that it would be unthinkable for them to stock anything longer.

And yet, they all kept assuring me that they stocked long skirts, really they did. I just had to... change my definition of "long".

Comments

[heygirlie]

I sympathize. There's always that patronizing attitude of, "Oh, you don't want to wear a skirt at a length where should you merely reach for something the hemline rises half a centimeter and you flash your (only possibly underwear-covered) crotch to everyone? Clearly you're repressed/hiding/ashamed/a prude." SMH.

There are a lot of pretty long length skirts at modcloth.com.