| Shorts Article | The term skort (a portmanteau for skirt and shorts) is more widely used in some areas. While some garments sold as culottes resemble short trousers, to truly be a skort it needs to look like a skirt. Thus, they differ from trousers or shorts by being much fuller at the bottom (hem) than at the waist. Skorts were developed in order to provide more freedom to do activities such as gardening, cleaning, bike riding, etc. and still look like one is wearing a skirt. Skorts are popular in sports such as tennis and are often part of girls' sports uniform. Some skorts are essentially skirts with a pair of shorts hidden underneath while others are more like a pair of shorts with a piece of fabric over the front. So from the front it looks like a skirt but from behind it looks like a pair of shorts. Skorts are not culottes; they are two different things.
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