Look For Less-Pleasure Doing Business Bandage Skirt

Ashley Tisdale in Pleasure Doing Business high waisted skirt

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Kristin Cavallari in Miss Ferriday Top and Pleasure Doing Business skirt

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Heidi Klum in Pleasure Doing Business skirt

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Rhianna in Torn by Ronny Kobo tee and Pleasure Doing Business skirt

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Clutch Banana Republic, top Urban Outfitters, skirt L8ter, pumps Carlos by Carlos Santana, wedges Aldo


Necklace Gap, earrings Bebe, bracelet Express, chain link rings Banana Republic, silver ring Forever 21

I have had my eye on this bandage skirt by Pleasure Doing Business for quite some time but could not bring myself to pay $100 for it. So imagine my excitement when I found one that looked exactly like it for $14.99 in the juniors department at Macy's at the Galleria. The skirt looks identical to the Pleasure Doing Business version. The only difference is since it is $14.99 it is probably not going to hold up quite as long as the $100 version but then again like all trends who knows if we will even be wearing bandage skirts in a year, right? The biggest complaint I saw online about the skirt was that the material is rough. The material on the skirt is rough as it is basically made up of large elastic bands so I would recommend either wearing a shirt that is tucked in or wearing a cami underneath that can be tucked in to avoid the rough edges. If you plan on sitting in it for a long period of time I would also throw on a shaper skirt with it too to avoid sitting on the ridges. I recommend purchasing a size or two up as well. The skirt runs small in the first place and it lays better in the back and is more comfortable in a size larger. However, having tried on the Pleasure Doing Business version I can tell you that one is not much better. Their version feels like wearing a super tight industrial strength ace bandage wrapped around you and i could not imagine sitting in the one I tried on.

I put together an outfit with the skirt based on Rhianna's look above. While I loooove Rhianna's style it is not always wearable for the average Jane, and I for one am certainly not going to be walking around in this Midwest humidity and heat in a long sleeve tee and shoulder pads so I altered it to be a little more seasonally appropriate. I paired it with a black silk racerback tank, a black clutch and lots of rockstar inspired jewelry. For shoes I used a black bootie to copy the look of Rhianna's outfit, but I know that booties and a short skirt is not a look a lot of ladies can pull off without looking stumpy. So for those of you that are under let's say 5'8"this look would probably be better with leg elongating peep toe pumps as opposed to the booties that are going to cut you off at the ankles causing you to look less like Heidi Klum and more like Snooki. I love the look of these Carlos Santana pumps (better picture is available through the link above). They are black patent leather platforms and they have a sort of lightning bolt look to the tops so you still get the rockstar edge of the booties while having mile long legs. For us long-legged ladies either shoe will work. I tried on and liked both with the outfit but the platform pumps, tight skirt, and mile long legs was a little on the Pretty Woman side so I will probably go with the wedges.