{"id":8773,"count":0,"description":"A good pleated skirt does something most skirts cannot: it moves beautifully, holds its shape, and looks considered without trying too hard. The pleat is doing real structural work here, not just decorative work. That distinction matters enormously when you are deciding what to spend money on.\n\nWe have been very deliberate with this edit. Pleated skirts vary wildly in quality and the cheap versions betray themselves immediately. The pleats collapse, the fabric goes limp, the whole thing loses its point after two wears. What we are after are the ones where the construction is genuinely good, where the pleats stay crisp or move with intention depending on the fabric, where the skirt looks as strong on a Tuesday afternoon as it does on a Saturday night.\n\nMidi lengths feature heavily here because they wear across more occasions than shorter options and they photograph brilliantly. Satins, heavy crepes, structured cottons. We have pulled together styles that earn the investment label honestly, not because they carry a recognisable name but because they will still be in your wardrobe in three years looking exactly right.\n\nA pleated skirt done properly never dates.","link":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/","name":"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment","slug":"pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":7759,"meta":[],"menu_order":0,"yoast_head":"\nPleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A good pleated skirt does something most skirts cannot: it moves beautifully, holds its shape, and looks considered without trying too hard. The pleat is doing real structural work here, not just decorative work. That distinction matters enormously when you are deciding what to spend money on. We have been very deliberate with this edit. Pleated skirts vary wildly in quality and the cheap versions betray themselves immediately. The pleats collapse, the fabric goes limp, the whole thing loses its point after two wears. What we are after are the ones where the construction is genuinely good, where the pleats stay crisp or move with intention depending on the fabric, where the skirt looks as strong on a Tuesday afternoon as it does on a Saturday night. Midi lengths feature heavily here because they wear across more occasions than shorter options and they photograph brilliantly. Satins, heavy crepes, structured cottons. We have pulled together styles that earn the investment label honestly, not because they carry a recognisable name but because they will still be in your wardrobe in three years looking exactly right. A pleated skirt done properly never dates.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Claire Wears\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\\\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\\\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\\\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\\\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Skirts Worth Making Room For\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Pleated Skirts That Move Like They Should\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/product-category\\\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\\\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/\",\"name\":\"Claire Wears\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/clairewears.co.uk\\\/clairespicks\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears","og_description":"A good pleated skirt does something most skirts cannot: it moves beautifully, holds its shape, and looks considered without trying too hard. The pleat is doing real structural work here, not just decorative work. That distinction matters enormously when you are deciding what to spend money on. We have been very deliberate with this edit. Pleated skirts vary wildly in quality and the cheap versions betray themselves immediately. The pleats collapse, the fabric goes limp, the whole thing loses its point after two wears. What we are after are the ones where the construction is genuinely good, where the pleats stay crisp or move with intention depending on the fabric, where the skirt looks as strong on a Tuesday afternoon as it does on a Saturday night. Midi lengths feature heavily here because they wear across more occasions than shorter options and they photograph brilliantly. Satins, heavy crepes, structured cottons. We have pulled together styles that earn the investment label honestly, not because they carry a recognisable name but because they will still be in your wardrobe in three years looking exactly right. A pleated skirt done properly never dates.","og_url":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/","og_site_name":"Claire Wears","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/","url":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/","name":"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment Archives - Claire Wears","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/pleated-skirts-worth-the-investment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Skirts Worth Making Room For","item":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pleated Skirts That Move Like They Should","item":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/product-category\/skirts-worth-making-room-for\/pleated-skirts-that-move-like-they-should\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Pleated Skirts Worth the Investment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/","name":"Claire Wears","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/8773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/7759"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/clairewears.co.uk\/clairespicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=8773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}