I've been looking at old family photos this weekend and found some of a rather younger looking me on a holiday many a few years ago. I'm wearing something that I distinctly remember, but I can't think what it is called. Probably a 'vintage' item since this was c.1993, but very useful - basically a knee length skirt, quite full at the hem, but actually sewn like a pair of shorts. It looks like a lightweight summer skirt, and made out of lightweight fabric so quite floaty. No shorts sewn into it, so not a skort. Good for hot weather, and I used to wear them for cycling in the summer without worrying about sudden breezes.
The best I could think of is 'knee length culotte' or 'flared skort' but neither of these produce the right thing online. I wouldn't mind wearing them again on holiday this year, and DD liked the idea. What are they?!
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What is this item of clothing called and are there any around?
pleasenotmondayagain · 24/06/2018 17:55
Thank you! Those things on ASOS look like the right kind of style. Maybe culottes have just got longer in the last decade! I'll have a look for divided skirts as well. Glad that other people remember them and that I'm not the only person hankering after a pair now.
I'm marginally concerned that I might find them less appropriate now that my thighs are usually preceded by the word 'thunder' but at the time they were comfortable and I convinced myself that it was a flattering look. When I think about the other things I wore at that age, it was probably one of my more flattering styles 
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