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Faux suede and faux leather midis, a couple of wool blend pencil cuts, boho maxi skirts with drawstring waists. A short section, and the one place in the catalogue where the bottom half gets to lead.

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Faux suede, faux leather and a drawstring

The short section, and the most coherent one: midi skirts in faux suede and faux leather for autumn, wool blend pencil cuts for the office, boho maxi skirts with elastic drawstring waists for summer. Nearly all of them pull on.

Maxi, midi or mini: which length when
Before you order

Faux suede is the one to handle carefully

It looks like the dearest fabric in the section and behaves like the fussiest. Keep it away from heat and standing water, spot clean rather than soak, and it holds its nap for seasons. Treat it like cotton once and it never recovers.

Fabric and care, by material

Three shortcuts into this section

Cheapest way inDrawstring boho maxi skirtDrawstring boho maxi skirt$7.99 gets you in$7.99Most public ratingsTiered burnout floral maxi skirtTiered burnout floral maxi skirt58 public ratings$14.99Top of the sectionKnit two piece bodycon maxi setKnit two piece bodycon maxi setGreen, top of the price band$59.99

What is in this section

Tiered burnout floral maxi skirt

Burnout fabric gives this maxi its pattern: the floral is worked into the cloth rather than printed on top of it. The waist is elastic and sits high, the body falls in tiers to an A line, and the hem finishes in a ruffle that moves. There is no liner and no pocket, which is how the skirt stays as light as it does. Two colourways so far, lake blue and sage green. Standing still it is a plain A line; three steps in, the tiers do the talking. 2 variants, from $14.99, 58 ratings.

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Smocked empire waist maxi skirt

Pea green, one colourway, and a waistband that does the work: smocking runs across the top of this maxi, gathering the fabric and holding the skirt at the empire line with no fastening involved. Below that the cut is A line, built in tiered ruffle layers, in a fabric with a fine crinkled texture. Pockets are set into the side seams and hidden. It pulls on. Smocking is the quiet kind of elastic: it stretches and it still looks like a decision. 1 variant, from $25.99, 53 ratings.

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Drawstring boho maxi skirt

Same burnout floral idea as the tiered skirt, built on a tie waist instead. The band is elastic with a drawstring over it, the cut is loose rather than layered, and the listing names pockets. White is the harder colourway to wear and the one that shows the burnout texture from a distance; sage green absorbs it. Both are light enough to pack flat. The tie is the whole difference: one skirt gathers itself, this one gets adjusted. 2 variants, from $7.99, 49 ratings.

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Double layer suede midi with pockets

Where the paneled suede midi keeps its seams decorative, this one adds pockets. The fabric is 95% polyester with 5% elastane in a double layer, giving it weight the single-layer suedes lack, and the stretch keeps it from feeling boardy. Seam detail runs down the front, two side pockets are real, and a concealed zip sits in the side seam. Black only. Pockets on a work skirt are rarer than they ought to be, and these ones open. 1 variant, from $29.99, 28 ratings.

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Matte faux leather A-line skirt

Matte rather than shiny PU, which is the difference between a faux leather skirt that passes and one that announces itself across a room. Cut high at the waist and flared long, with the listing putting the hem at the ankle. Three colourways, two of them brown: chestnut, wine brown and black. It is left unlined, so it stays lighter and cooler than faux leather usually manages. Matte is the detail that decides whether faux leather reads as a skirt or as a costume. 3 variants, from $30.99, 26 ratings.

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Paneled faux suede A line midi

Two browns and a black, all in the same soft faux suede: this is the plainest of the suede skirts here and the one with the most construction inside it. Panel seams front and back shape the A line, a hidden zip runs down one side, and the back of the waistband is elastic. The hem falls below the knee, skimming the hip rather than following it. A suede A line with seams doing the shaping, which is why it hangs instead of hugging. 3 variants, from $34.99, 22 ratings.

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Suede mini skirt with slant pockets

The mini in the faux suede family, and the one with the broadest colour run: two browns and an army green. Weight is ordinary rather than heavy, with a slight stretch in the fabric, and the shape flares gently from a high waist to a hem above the knee. Slant pockets cut into the sides are the practical part. Elastic sits across the back of the band. Three colours, working pockets and a hem above the knee: a suede skirt not saving itself for an occasion. 3 variants, from $29.99, 22 ratings.

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Houndstooth overlay mini skirt

Two patterns on one cut: brown houndstooth or a brown and cream plaid, both in a woven wool-blend cloth with a full lining behind it. Structure is the point. The skirt holds an A line above the knee, a front overlay panel crosses the hip with decorative buttons on it, and the zip runs down the centre back. Elastic appears only across the back of the waistband. Houndstooth, a full lining and a back zip: the construction belongs to a longer skirt than this. 2 variants, from $29.99, 18 ratings.

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Houndstooth high waist mini skirt

Houndstooth in three muted browns: coffee, khaki and a plain brown. The skirt sits high on the waist and flares into a short A-line, cut from a thick woven cloth that is fully opaque and holds its shape rather than folding around the legs. The pockets at the front are decorative only, and a concealed zip at the back does the fastening. New enough here that the feedback is still thin. A short skirt with a weave stiff enough to keep its shape through a day in a chair. 3 variants, from $23.99, 7 ratings.

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Knit two piece bodycon maxi set

One listing, two pieces: a long sleeve top and a bodycon maxi skirt cut from the same green knit. It is the only matched set in this part of the catalogue, and it is new enough that there is no review history to read against it. The listing gives knit as the fabric and green as the sole colourway, then stops, so the detail that usually decides a set, how heavy that knit runs, has to be judged from the photographs. A matched set skips the hardest part of dressing: finding the second piece. 1 variant, from $59.99.

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Ruched faux leather pencil skirt

Faux leather with a low gloss, cut as a high-waisted pencil midi in a single coffee colourway. The front carries a diagonal ruched panel rather than a flat face, and a slit opens the hem so the stride is not limited by the narrow cut. Across the back the waistband turns elastic, which is the compromise that lets a close skirt be worn through a long day. Faux leather in flat light shows each plane; the ruching gives the front something to do. 1 variant, from $34.99.

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Decide in a minute

Shop this section if

  • You want the autumn look without committing to a whole dress.
  • Your tops outnumber your bottoms, which is the usual problem.
  • Pull-on waists: no zip, no fitting room, no tailoring.

Look one section over if

  • The event wants one garment head to toe: that is the dress sections.
  • You need the matching top first: it is probably on the tops shelf.

Tops and knitwear →