Fashion: Givenchy's Flower Skirt

As a die-hard fan of a good dress, it seems only natural that I should extend my sartorial vocabulary and start wearing skirts. Aside from the odd maxi skirt, which sadly tends to lurk, neglected, at the back of my wardrobe, I have a surprising lack of them. The mere thought requires too much effort. Whereas a dress can be thrown on and you're out the door, a skirt requires choices. Decisions. A thought process. Admittedly, aside from choosing what to wear up top, deciding what shoes and whether to wear tights are decisions which can arguably be attributed to dresses too. There's just something about a skirt that seems far too exhausting for someone like me, who is all about making style as effortless as is humanly possible. 

However, I'm starting to feel like I'm stuck in a style rut and venturing into the somewhat unknown territory of skirts is, for me, quite an exciting prospect. Especially when the High Street is coming up with such fantastic interpretations of the one pencil skirt which managed to stitch itself into my mind: the Givenchy floral skirt from the Resort 2012 collection.

Givenchy floral skirt available from Barneys

SHOP:  Tropical Print Skirt, £38, at Topshop, Floral Pencil Skirt, £26, at Dorothy Perkins, Kaleidoscope Floral Print Skirt, £45, at Oasis, Palm Mirage Pencil Skirt, £40, at Warehouse

The Topshop option is just keeping the edge as my favourite choice, but the Warehouse option is a very close second. I like that it's slightly more reminiscent of the Givenchy 2011 collection. I know we'll soon be looking at what we'll be wearing for AW12 any day now, but as ever, I seem to be one step forward, two steps back.