How to Wear a Short Skirt (if you're not sure you can)

What to do if you love a trapeze silhouette but don't have the legs (or the gamine air) to pull off an above-the-knee skirt?

American Vogue here shows an answer. While the tangerine crinoline is part-and-parcel of this Vera Wang dress, you can hunt down something similarly gossamer in a neutral color (taupe, pale pink or cappucino) and wear it layered under a patterned skirt or dress. We layer tops all the time, why not bottoms as well?