How To Style A Skirt With Leggings Outfit In Brown And Black

A skirt with leggings outfit is the thing I wear most once the weather turns, and I have gotten it down to a formula. Brown and black together, one shorter skirt, opaque or sheer depending on the day, and a boot that has some weight to it. The Show Me Your Mumu Maverick Mini Skirt in chestnut brown at $158 is the piece I would build around.

It is short enough that the proportions work, which is the whole trick with a leggings and skirt outfit, and the chestnut reads warm against black. The NIA Fennel Skort in brown at $88 is my easier option for days when I want the look without thinking about it, because the built in shorts mean I am not adjusting anything all day.

For the layer underneath, I go one of two directions. The Wolford Satin Touch 20 Tights in coca brown are $55 and sheer at 20 denier, so they keep a skirt with tights outfit looking lighter and more dressed up. The Wolford Velvet de Luxe 66 Comfort Tights in black are $60 and opaque at 66 denier, and that is what I wear when I want the full brown and black contrast, closer to the skirt with black leggings look people are searching for.

Both are worth the price, they hold up for years and they do not sag at the knee by lunch. Boots are where I would spend. The Schutz Mikki Up Boot in dark chocolate at $298 is the one that makes the whole thing look intentional, and the tonal brown keeps a skirt over leggings from looking like separate pieces thrown together.

The Sam Edelman Saige Bootie at $170 is my more practical answer, leather with a 2.75 inch block heel I can genuinely walk in. I wear the taller boot with the mini skirt and the bootie with the skort. This is one of those outfits I rewear every single fall, so it is worth buying pieces you will still like in three years.