Plaid Schoolgirl Mini Skirt, Pleated Plaid Mini Skirt

What is it about a plaid mini skirt that makes it such a cheeky, saucy little number to wear?  You know the one… that cute, sassy pleated piece of tartan that is way too short for decent girls to ever be seen in.   And for some reason it is the perfect accessory if you ever need to go to a fancy dress costume party as the proverbial Naughty School Girl… but why is that?  Even without extra props such as a sensible school hat or token boring textbooks, everyone recognises the naughty schoolgirl costume straight away - merely by the plaid mini skirt.
 
In fact it’s hard to make a pleated plaid mini skirt look suitable for anything else!  There is a Goth-slash-Punk kind of look I suppose you could achieve by teaming the plaid mini skirt up with some torn black fishnets and big old doc martin boots… throw in plenty of chains, a studded collar and dark nail polish and I guess you’ve made it work.  But it’s all so stereotypical and cliché isn’t it?  And that alone means you can no longer actually be classed as Goth… because you look too typically Goth.  You know?  And a Mohawk is way too much maintenance – who can be bothered with that nightmare every morning?
 
And another thing… wearing a pleated plaid mini skirt with pearls and some nice flat comfortable shoes is only going to make you look like a bank clerk.  A bank clerk - from Scotland that is!  Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s hardly fun and feisty is it.  Ah ya canny, canny be seen in such a boring outfit – gee throw in a wee pink cardigan why don’t ye?
 
I wear a plaid mini skirt… and I’m a school teacher. There!  I’ve said it.  But ironically, I would never wear my pleated plaid mini skirt to school.  Instead, I wear it like a rebellious teenager, for a night out with my friends. It’s the perfect sexy outfit for pubbing or clubbing - I love how one little skirt can instantly change your image and personality.  Mind you, it’s all in the way you wear it.  Nothing a playful red stretch lycra top with some dangerously high red stilettos can’t fix.  I’ll show you who the teacher’s pet is!