The split is doing serious structural work here, not just decorative. A maxi skirt with no split can walk you straight into awkward shuffling territory, fabric wrapping around your legs, stride reduced to something almost comical. The split solves that. But the split also has to sit correctly, because too high and it reads entirely differently, too low and you’ve lost the point of it.

We’ve been pulling together the maxi skirts where the split placement is genuinely right. The ones that move beautifully when you walk, show a clean line of leg without demanding attention, and hold their shape through a full day rather than twisting or bunching. Fabrics matter enormously here. We favour the ones in fluid satin, heavy jersey, and quality linen because those are the materials that actually behave.

These work for summer evenings when you want something long and considered but not formal. They work for daytime with a simple flat sandal. The length commands something that a midi simply cannot. And when the split sits exactly where it should, the whole thing moves like it was cut specifically for walking. That’s the standard we held everything to.