Best Shorts Alternative - Yes, A Denim Skirt

Tina, here.

This isn't a bombshell, but yes, a denim skirt (white for extra points) is actually the best alternative to wearing shorts, when you don't want to. It's hard to wear shorts if you're self-conscious about having pale legs, or let's say you don't like your knees, or you can't find cute shorts longer than 2 inches, or you're not 17 years old anymore. I say a denim skirt because you don't have to worry about it getting caught up in a breeze, it will pack well without wrinkling, it won't show if you are perspiring, and you can dress it up or down depending on what your day or evening requires. I have a lot of other Summer skirts that are fun to wear in straight forward circumstances, like an indoor church service or a meeting of some sort. But if it's the kind of Summer day when you're going back and forth between indoors and outdoors, you need to look pulled-together, but not too stuffy, and need to look like a grownup, the white denim skirt is your wardrobe hero.