Beyoncé and Alexa Chung own put a original spin on it,Gucci brought it to the catwalk, and Strictly added sparkles to take it up a notch. Do you need any more reasons to bring the pleated skirt to the top of your spring wardrobe wish list?Take note, and iron-averse style watchers: pleated skirts are the only ones that pass fashion muster right now – they’re everywhere from the catwalk to the red carpet to your iPlayer catch-up session. Like denim hair,gigantic logos or contouring, pleats’ popularity is partly down to the fact that they’re really photogenic. They might not be desk-job-friendly (those wrinkles from sitting down do tend to spoil a pleat’s line) but when snapped moving as on a Vogue editor on the way to a fashion exhibit – or wafting through a waltz, or they own a pleasing three-dimensional quality that an A-line mini or pencil skirt just can’t claim. In this plucky original world of skirts,the pleat semantics are a minefield. Here’s our guide to six pleats and what they mean in 2016.
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Source: theguardian.com