The skort is Back! and has proved surprisingly popular this summer
The garment is a cross between shorts and a skirt
We’ve had the shoot (shoe boots), jeggings (leggings that look like jeans) and this summer there’s another fashion portmanteau filling the High Street’s clothing rails. The skort.
The skort is the lovechild of shorts and a skirt — comfy short shorts, with a miniskirt over the top.
Popular with young actresses and pop stars who want to preserve their modesty, the skort offers a more secure way of wearing something ultra-short on your lower half. Because come wind, come stairs, come inelegant taxi exit; no one will be able to see your underwear.
Though the High Street is packed with them this summer, the skort is not, in fact, new.
In the Sixties, U.S. brand, Leon Levin developed the garment to cater for the growing number of female golfers who wanted 'the freedom of shorts with the soft lines of a skirt'’ and soon became a favourite on the Ladies Professional Golf Tour.
Today, hi-tech versions remain popular with tennis players and, as former Brownies will recall, Brown Owl deemed skorts to be the most exciting part of your uniform.
But it was Zara who pioneered the trend this summer, as part of the Nineties sports-luxe revival which is currently flooding the High Street — baggy T-shirts, ripped jeans, chunky soled shoes, open-knits.
Hmmm, I do have some praise for skorts. As short skirts are not normally good for blustery conditions, this is quite practical. The right pair, worn with a shirt, can also look tailored and smart.
And it’ll give you some much-needed practice, because — steel yourself — Next up is ..... the ‘skant’ (a skirt worn over 'pants' — as Americans call trousers). It looks set to return come autumn/ dry season. Heaven help us!
Can a grown woman REALLY get away with wearing a SKORT?
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