The Dictator | Skorts continue the ’90s fashion revival: where to find the best ones in Hong Kong
Plus, tracking down a clutch with a long tassel
You mentioned skorts a few weeks ago. I used to love them – so cute! Why don’t I see them any more?
Skort Comings, Repulse Bay
The Dictator rules: I don’t know what’s wrong with you or your eyesight. Maybe you haven’t been hanging around the much younger folks at Coachella. That’s one good thing I can say about you, at least.
I probably shouldn’t assume you’re looking for fashion rather than athletic wear, but I live in hope. Alexander McQueen has an elegant, tailored, reverse skort with the skirt-like panel at the back and the shorts at the front in black-and-white houndstooth silk/cotton/wool mix (HK$10,300; Lane Crawford).
We like to believe New York designer Sandy Liang shares our distaste for overly revealing cut-off jeans, having created an ingenious apron over shorts all in light wash denim (HK$2,783). Another interesting twist on the maligned skort is Liang’s black-and-white gingham check short-shorts partially revealed on the left side under a longer, pleated skirt overlay (HK$4,890; Lane Crawford).