The skort (a portmanteau of skirt and shorts) has played a truly unique role in the history of women’s clothing. They were ...

Shoppers say this skort is a "great length" for women in their 40s — details. If it feels like so many iconic fashion trends are becoming popular again, you’re not wrong.

In 2023, the International Hockey Federation amended its rules to allow shorts after the England women’s team advocated for it citing discomfort playing in skorts. Some women’s soccer teams ...

President Joe Biden and Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar watch as girls play hurling during a youth Gaelic sports demonstration at Farmleigh House, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dublin, Ireland.

Sexism in sportswear: the fight over women’s skorts on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Jude Webber. Published May 31 2025. Jump to comments section Print this page.

In 2023, the International Hockey Federation amended its rules to allow shorts after the England women’s team advocated for it citing discomfort playing in skorts.

If you watched any of the 2025 Wimbledon womens’ matches, you’ll have noticed many players donning a skort: a garment in which shorts are concealed under a skirt, or a front panel resembling a ...