Yep, the skirt is pretty flowy. It looked great paired with the shape of that cami above, but I've gained some stomach weight since that was picture was taken and I don't think I could comfortably pull it off at present.

Lemon yellow with gray? Really? Hrm. I like the sound of a bluish gray or mauve, though. These comments are really helping me form a possible color palette in my head.

I cannot condone flowy shirts with flowy tops. That's going to make you look way bigger. You need either your top or your bottom to be fitted.

Okay, the pic appeared right after I posted my answer. That's a lovely skirt. My first thought was something cream or ivory. Lighter colors would work well - sage, tangerine, amethyst. I'd still go with mustard, too. I adore black, but I can see how that would be overwhelming.

I immediately thought of ivory too, but I wasn't sure if anything with yellowish tones worked with that skirt. So, yay for input!

I like the idea of sage an awful lot.

I'm a bit self-conscious about my body shape at the moment and am trying to avoid anything too fitted, but loose top with flowy skirt isn't the best combo either. I'll try to find a happy medium. And exercise.

fitted can be suprisingly flattering. because it's a flowing skirt a baggy top will do nothing for your figure (which from the picture looks fine hun - you shouldn't worry so much). doesn't have to be skin tight jus something that flows with your body shape

Sadly, that picture is five years old, and I have had many cookies since then. But yeah, maybe I could do a fitted button-down top or something. Hmmm.

Did you find a top in the end?

I did! For now, I'm pairing it with a fitted black button-down shirt. Next time I get the chance to go shopping, I'll take the skirt with me and try it out with some of the colors people suggested here. Thanks!

Don't have the skirt in my present domicile, but I trawled my computer and found a picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10815044@N05/5355281822/

I don't own a single white shirt. I guess I worry about how transparent it can be sometimes. But anyway, yeah, picture.

Nice skirt! Having a white shirt (you can wear a white t-shirty thing underneath) is as essential as having the little black dress! Gotta get one.

I think Fnarf is prob. right but it comes down to taste.

Alrighty. Shopping for a white top next time I have the chance.

Excellent. Thanks for the input! I will try these colors out.

That site actually had some pretty neat gray pairings. That luminous plum one was pretty appealing.

::takes notes::

Picture for reference:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10815044@N05/5355281822/

OK, now that I've seen it, I think brown is an excellent choice. The skirt is really almost a taupe rather than a true colorless grey.

Also, the stitching is less elaborate than I was picturing. You could make this work with a white blouse with some pinhole embroidery on it, whatever they call that, that's not as holey as lace.

You might be able to pair it with that top you've got on and a white jacket over it, like a men's sport coat but softer.

Wear it with that top you've got on to a large department store and just cruise around looking at colors.

Nope, it's really gray. The sunset to the right is altering the color and lying to you (but it's still the only picture I had).

I LOVE the idea of the pinhole embroidery blouse. I will keep that in mind when I go to a department store and cruise around as recommended.

Thank you!