The JCrew Tiered Ruffle Skirt: Styling Ideas

I hope that you're not going to yawn at this one, since this skirt has been around for a while and got many reviews when it came out.
The most frequently used term in the blogosphere to describe this skirt has been, I think (I mean, not that I have counted), "fun". It is indeed a fun skirt when you try it on. However, the price wasn't so fun and at $148 I had to pass as it is clearly something that I'm not going to wear that much.
When it went on sale (the last days of the Mickey card I believe) I wasn't paying attention and my size sold out very quickly.

It was around my daughter's birthday and you know when an idea crosses your mind and then you can't shake it off? Now I really, really wanted to wear this skirt at my daughter's upcoming birthday party. After calling every store in the city I was almost sure that I wouldn't find it any longer and guess what? The morning after ordering the Crewcuts dresses for my daughter it popped back on the website in my size. So I grabbed the phone (the SA was kind of talkative and I was like "It's a popback, can we get to the point before someone else snaps it so I don't have to go on another crewsade?" and ordered it among other stuff with one of the free shipping codes, hoping that it would actually ship.
It did, although it didn't make it in time for the birthday party. So, once the immediate excuse to wear it gone, I had a try-on session to see if I could wear it in my day-to-day life.

With all those tiered ruffles I think that the key is to keep the top simple, so I tried it with a perfect-fit tank:



OK, this is maybe too simple but I would wear this outfit for a stroll in one of those hot summer evening (with flip-flops instead of the disco sandals that I'm wearing in the pics). I throw on the tissue ruffle cardigan in slate and it looked surprisingly nice (I mean, I wasn't overwhelmed by ruffles):



Then, I tried on the ringspun scoopneck tee that I had ordered along with the skirt to get the free shipping. I had planned to return this one but I immediately liked it and couldn't part from it (I have already worn it twice with the surplus matchstick grey jeans and got many compliments):



Another tee option that I had in mind is the ringspun abstract maze tee (the real name, I found out reading the new catalog, is "sunbleached crinkle flower") that I've blogged on last week:



I really like it, what a great tee.
Now, for a more elegant look I think I have the perfect jacket. It's strucured heavy-silk jacket from an italian brand (Vicini) that I splurged on last year. I don't own many jackets but I think that this one is edgy and classic at the same time and was worth the splurge:



Buttoned and with the skinny belt in silver it's perfecty put together. Where are the cocktails?




I'm sure that I can find some other tops to wear with this skirt but I think that this is enough to make me that I'm going to keep it. I actually can't wait to wear it. Too bad that yesterday it was too cold because it was my husband's birthday and I would have loved to wear it at the nice restaurant where we went to celebrate (just the three of us).

Do yoiu own this skirt? Do you wear it "relaxed way" or do you dress it up? Which one of rthese outfits do you prefer?