Anyone who has ever worked in an office environment is likely to have a black pencil skirt in their closet. Take this as your reminder to actually use your accessories to transform your pieces.

They arrived at Prada in black with splashed of colour, in checks at Balenciaga, and in upscale denim at Hermès‎. Teamed with a blouse and knee-high boots, the pencil skirt is a chic component ...

Why not throw your polka-dot maxi over jeans and finish with a neon sweater? Or slip your leather pencil skirt over a supersize button-down, and let the shirt peek out from under the hemline.