A skirt is just a tube shaped garment hanging down from the waist. But it is a very versatile tube which makes the wearer sophisticated, feminine, flirty, warm, stylish, prim & proper, daring – depending on its make and mode.

you will find at least one skirt in every girl’s wardrobe – at least as a petticoat or as a divided skirt or a half slip or whatever. You cannot ignore this piece of fabric sewn into many different styles and types to suit the body shape and the fashion style of the times.

Types of skirts

1.A line skirt

This skirt has a slight flare which makes this one look like a capital letter A. Hence the name A line skirt. This is one of the most common and popular silhouettes among skirts

2. Fitted skirt (Pencil skirt/Tube skirt)

As the name indicates this is a form fitting skirt from waist to the hips usually with the help of darts.

Pencil skirt is in this category. Tube skirt is a fitted skirt made in stretchy fabric. This is a very figure flattering skirt.

3 . Dirndl skirt

This skirt is  a straight skirt which is gathered at the  waist.The fullness of the gathers is fitted by a waistband

4. Mini Skirt

A Mini skirt is a short skirt with approximately 10 to 17 inches length. Other names given to this shirt are bondage skirt, Pelmet skirt. A Micro Mini is an even shorter dress, typically about 10 inches or smaller.

5 Draped Skirt

A draped skirt has fullness gathered or draped on one side.

It is also called a Sarong draped skirt. Sarong is a square piece of fabric which can be wrapped around the body to make a skirt. A Sarong drape skirt is a sarong wrapped around the body and worn like a skirt.

 

6 Layered skirt

In this type of skirt layers of ruffled fabric are arranged one on top of the other  to form a skirt.

7 Circle skirt

This is a very full skirt which is somewhat fitted at the waist. The fabric piece of the skirt will resemble a circle with a hole which is why the name

8 Gored skirt

This is a panelled skirt with sections of fabric giving fullness to an A line silhouette. A petticoat skirt pattern which is given here is a panelled skirt

9 Godet skirt

A godet is triangular piece of fabric inserted into the body of the skirt to give fullness.

10 Trumpet skirt

A trumpet shaped skirt is fitted near the waist and till the bottom hem and then flares outside near the hem.A mermaid skirt is a trumpet shaped skirt

11 Wrap skirt

This is a one piece skirt which is wrapped around the body, overlapping and fastened with the help of ties or a button closure.

12. Divided skirt

A divided skirt looks like a skirt with wide flares but is actually divided into two legs like pants #

13.Pleated skirt

This type of skirt has pleats or  a single pleat arranged around the waistband or a yoke.

14. Asymmetrical Hem skirt

These are skirts with a hem which looks asymmetrical ; A Handkerchief skirt is one, which looks like you are holding down a handkerchief pinching its center, with its corners hanging down

15. Bubble Skirt

These skirts have a puffy silhouette just above the hem with the hem gathered (going in) with an elastic casing or a band

16. Yoke Skirt

These are skirts with two parts to them – the yoke above and the skirt below. The yoke may be of different types – round, asymmetrical or triangular. This skirt is also called the hip hugger as the yoke fits around the hip.

17 Tulip skirt

This skirt as the name suggest has the shape of an inverted tulip flower. It is a skirt with overlapping panels in the front with an irregular hem because of the way the it overlaps . The skirt is wider at the middle than the hem or waist

18 Tiered skirt