Courtney Mirenzi

My Long Skirt Phobia and Other Stupid Rules I Learned in Middle School

Whenever I go shopping, I recall seemingly pointless rules that got ingrained into as a child. Somewhere around middle school, I latched onto what people said I should or shouldn’t wear, and while I’ve broken most fashion rules, there are some rules that still have a hold on me. One of my pointless rules is avoiding long skirts and dresses because I’m “short.”

I realize the ridiculousness of avoiding a certain length of clothing because of something someone said to me when I was 13-years-old. However, for whatever reason, I have been unable to shake this rule so much so that this summer was the first time I bought a floor length maxi dress. I grabbed it off the rack at a thrift store in Aspen, Colorado and bought it without even trying it on. And guess what? I loved it. It didn’t make me look shorter than my five feet, four inches. If anything, the long dress made me look taller.

Despite getting over my fear of maxi dresses, I’ve been unable to purchase a long skirt. I try them on, even take them to the cash register but end up chickening out at the last moment every time. It shouldn’t be a hard thing, buying a skirt, but there’s something I can’t get past in my mind about how I shouldn’t be wearing them.

I’m sure whoever taught me this rule didn’t intend for it to stick me for over a decade. I’m sure they were sharing what they thought was a fashion rule without ever the caveat, “But you can wear long skirts because this is just what I think.” If anything, my long skirt phobia made me realize that most fashion rules are entirely bogus. This is something I inherently know but have to be reminded of every now and again.

Do you have any fashion rules left over from your childhood? What are they? Also, how can I overcome my long skirt phobia?

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