Re/Done vs The Row: which skirt wins?
Both land in the luxury tier — the Re/Done 90s Mini Skirt at $245, the The Row Lison Skirt at $1,350, just $1,105 apart. Here's how they stack up, head to head.
| Re/Done | The Row | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $245 | $1,350 |
| Material | Rigid, non-stretch denim with a 100% cotton self per retailer specs, in a button-fly, five-pocket construction, made in Mexico. | Double-faced soft wool blend — the brand's spec sheet lists 75% wool, 20% nylon, 5% cashmere — cut and sewn in Italy. |
| Fit | High rise and cut snug and straight by design, with a hem around 13 inches — genuinely short. Owner reports describe it running tight through the hips and seat, and sizing up is the common advice. | A-line through the hip with a calf-grazing hem and a hidden side zipper; the doubled cloth has enough body to hold the flare's shape. Independent sizing reports are scarce, so check the brand's size chart against your measurements rather than guessing. |
| Quality | Construction is clean, and reviews of the brand's rigid denim generally report it holds its shape through wear; skirt-specific retailer reviews are more mixed, with a few owners rating the denim weak for the price. | The double-face construction, in which each seam is folded into the split cloth for a clean finish inside and out, is a technique one reviewer notes was once reserved for the most expensive brands; long-term durability reports are still limited. |
| Best for | Right for someone who wants a genuinely short, fitted, vintage-style rigid denim mini and is prepared to size up to get a wearable fit. | Someone who wants one plain, structurally serious wool skirt and values seam finishing over visible design, at a price only a luxury budget absorbs. |
| Care | Machine washable per retailer care listings; wash cold and hang dry to keep the rigid denim and raw hem in shape. | Dry clean only is the safe default for double-faced wool; steam wrinkles out rather than pressing hard, and rest the skirt between wears. |
These two skirts share almost no design DNA: the Re/Done is a short, rigid-cotton denim mini built on vintage-jean proportions, while the Row Lison is a calf-length, double-faced wool A-line whose construction technique — seams folded into the split cloth for a clean finish on both sides — is the entire product proposition. The $1,105 gap is not a difference of degree but of category, fabric, end use, and brand tier.
- The case for Re/Done
- The Re/Done wins on directness of purpose: for a wearer who specifically wants a rigid, vintage-cut denim mini at a luxury price point, it delivers that silhouette in a machine-washable cotton construction, even if some owners feel the denim quality does not fully justify $245.
- The case for The Row
- The Row wins on construction integrity: double-faced wool with internalized seam finishing is a genuinely labor-intensive technique that produces a garment that looks identical inside and out, and Italian make adds real cost that shows in the cloth's ability to hold the A-line's shape without lining.
The bottom lineWhich should you buy?
Buy the Re/Done if the need is specifically a short, fitted denim mini — no wool skirt substitutes for that, and at $245 the gap to the Row is irrelevant because they are not competing for the same occasion or wardrobe slot. Step up to the Row only if the need is a structurally serious, occasion-neutral wool skirt built to last and finished to a standard that most ready-to-wear does not meet — and only if a $1,350 price point is genuinely comfortable, because a meaningful portion of that number is The Row's brand positioning rather than the fabric or labor alone, a point an independent reviewer raised explicitly. The gap is not justified by what you get in absolute terms; it is justified only if the specific construction and silhouette of the Lison are exactly what is needed, and the Re/Done is not a logical trade-down because it is a different garment entirely.
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