Bohemian Chic Hippie Clothes - Cute Women's Plus Size Skirts

Apr 29, 2010
Christina Gregoire

Cute Women's Plus Size Skirts - Fifty Plus

2010 UPDATED: Skinny girls can wear boho style, but plus size women look great in sexy bohemian hippie clothes. Earth Mamas can really rock Hippie Chic.

Here are some good-looking hippie skirts for finicky curvy women with good taste. Most of these styles should look fab on any girl, especially plus sized females.

UllaPopken.com

Ulla Popken is a European (German) company with “young fashion in plus sizes”. Their online catalog really does have cute clothes that would look good on hip ex-hippies and even high-school, teenage chicks. Urban granola all the way, baby!

Generally, Euro-fashion is so far ahead of North America that a femme could buy some small thing in Monoprix (the K-Mart of Paris) and it wouldn't be trendy in The States for several years. What could be better? Unfortunately, a girl needs an airline ticket and a bean-sprout diet for that.

Ulla Popken Boho Skirts

Ulla Popken has no Bohemian skirts at this time. Can I hold back the tears? Sniff. However, there are some hippie dresses and tops to check out:

2 Piece Bohemian Print Dress: Nice earthtones.
Boho Smocked Tunic: Groovy mix of patterns.
Medallion Print Dress: Almost like patchwork.
Ombre Knit Dress: Like tie-dye.

SoftSurroundings.com Gypsy Skirts

SoftSurroundings.com has skirts that go up to size 18, and they have not let me down with their gypsy-ethnic styles. Here are some highlights, but they have other cute skirts:

Bosphorus Skirt: It's like Turkish tiles, but it could go Southwestern, too.
Mendoza Skirt: Gorgeous folkloric flowers.
Jolie Skirt: I love the patterns and the colors. (I'm a color freak.) Though, I wish this skirt were made out of a natural fabric rather than poly. Oh, well...I'm going to buy it anyway and you should check it out because something nice like this is hard to find.

Plus Size Hippie SkirtsIt seems like you can only be a hippie in the summer and what's up with the plaid skirts? Are plus size women wearing tight plaid skirts? What am I missing? Well, here are some nice finds, but you should keep looking for good velvet skirts to carry you through till spring.

Alight.com: Everglades Sunset Skirt. Nice earthtone tie-dye. 100% cotton = good. Good price.
BedfordFair.com: Carefree Crinkled Skirt. Easy colors to blend with tops.
CasualLiving.com: Tiered Multi-Print Skirt. Now, here's a great skirt. I was beginning to think that gypsy skirts had been outlawed by the sheath crowd. I would look around to see if there's anything you like better, then come back to this. The color range of this skirt will take you through winter, but you will need more than one skirt. (Sizes XL, 1X, 2X, 3X and regular sizes.)

Best Style Maxi Skirts

The main thing to look for with an ethnic hippie-chic skirt is a nice drape. It’s a plus if the fabric is cotton, but consider any fabric that really flows. Stiffness might be okay on a size 6, but it isn’t the best look for larger chicks. (Some true patchwork skirts are extremely stiff.)

The skirt’s shape should skim the curves, but should not stop apple-shaped women from breathing, or pull at the seams when a pear-shaped gal sits down.
If the comfort isn’t there, it must be sent back. (Think twice about customized clothes that cannot be returned.) And, any skirt that cuts into one’s waist will hang forever in one’s closet.

Best Boho Colors

Use discrimation when deciding if a hippie style skirt is groovy or tasteless.

If the skirt looks like a hippie costume for Halloween, it’s not going to play well in daytime Kansas and it's not true bohemian chic. Tie-dye contrasts should be subtle. Mixed patterns should not be garish and earthy colors are sometimes best; for example, a long red skirt may be a bit much.

Try to get a peasant top (or any top) that matches or blends with the dominant skirt color. That way the top and bottom will flow like a maxi dress.
If there are horizontal stripes, the eye-popping stripes (ideally) should be below the knee or near the hem.
Ditsy flowers go well with the boho clothes trend. Tiny-flowered prints are a very “back to the land” commune-farm authentic look, and can work like a solid.