How short is too short for a skirt at work?

Opinions and experiences:

Well i suppose it depends on what job you do. I work in an office and wear short skirts. My male boss said my skirt was short but did not object to me wearing it. I sit at a desk most of the day. You obviously have to watch how you sit or if you have to reach up high to get something. (Kelly Smith, in England)


Hmmm. Keeping in mind you are at work, not at a nightclub, can you do your job wearing this skirt? Can you walk freely, reach, sit, bend, crouch without fear of exposing too much? Might clients or coworkers be embarrassed or be spending time trying to see up your skirt (neither are good).

Dress to do your job, not attract attention for reasons other than your good brain and skills. (Mary Gordon)

I hate to be the ONLY one for short skirts/dresses at work, but it's just honestly my experience, I don't do it stand out, but i tend to be treated better when i do, i had a job at a call center, and every so often they would “randomly” check your number of calls for the day which often led to termination, but i noticed the women that dressed more revealing were never picked, so i slowly let my skirts get shorter and showed cleavage,,, a lot of upper management were men, i was never harassed our anything, but i instantly noticed that i was being treated better, even finally got the schedule i had been asking for! It still comes down to your own comfort level, but I'm pretty confident, Plus i remember when we couldn't show anything in the workplace, but now mini skirts and revealing attire is actually pretty common in the workplace. (Toyo Boo, part-time sub teacher, seamstress)

If anyone can see your underwear - it's too short.
I'd suggest not more than half way between the top of your knees and the top of your thighs if the skirt fits well. If it's tight, it's going to ride up further and that will be uncomfortable.

A guide to where to put your hem to make your legs look their best is at a narrow point rather than a wide point - so just above the knee or just below the knee would usually be a good length for many women. It's also long enough that you don't have to worry too much about your skirt creeping up while you're sitting down...

A slightly looser cut also keeps the skirt from riding up AND from showing visible panty lines...so nothing skin tight, an inch or three looser works better. But make sure the skirt is loose enough that it still is larger than your backside when you're sitting down - that part of the body spreads a bit when you're sitting on it. Make sure there's room for the spread...having a seam "pop" open is embarrassing...especially if you don't know how to sew well enough to fix it and have a needle & thread handy with you.

I loaned my sewing kit to any number of coworkers as well as using it myself... (Elizabeth Graham)

From a male standpoint, no skirt is too short for a skirt at work. From someone else’s standpoint a skirt that reveals a woman’s underwear, crotch, beginning of her buttocks, etc. would probably be considered too short. It is not just that a skirt may look short while a woman is standing up, it is that a woman’s skirt will rise or ride up when she sits down and/or if she has to work bending over or in some other position. This is one of the reason’s why so-called modesty panels were invented for desks.

I was in a men’s hair-cutting and overall grooming salon one time and the receptionist was wearing an incredibly short skirt. At one point she had to go refill a mini-refrigerator with wine or water or something. I knew that the moment she bent down in front of that appliance her “womanly parts,” even if covered by panties were going to receive a very chilly reception. (Reginald Wedge)


It depends on the type of skirt!