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Skorts - Unisex or Girls Only

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DoggyBird · 11/04/2026 20:09

Skorts for kids - some suppliers (like Canterbury) say they are unisex - other suppliers (like Slazenger) say that they are exclusively for girls. Any opinions on this? I say they should be unisex.

OP posts:
Meredusoleil · 12/04/2026 18:24

What do we think about boys wearing cardigans?

Trampoline · 12/04/2026 18:22

DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 17:45

Interesting. Thanks for the responses. This was something mentioned at a primary school where I volunteer and the answers were evenly divided as here. What persuade me was the school dress options:

Girls Options:
Girls can wear skirts.
Girls can wear pinafores.
Girls can wear summer dresses.
Girls can wear trousers/shorts

Boys Options:
There are no options. Boys wear trousers/shorts.

Is that equality? Skorts is a great compromise, surely?

Skorts are not on your list, or is that your point? At my DD school there was the choice of Shorts or Skorts for PE. Are you suggesting kids could wear a skort as the regular uniform? The trend is to wear very teeny Skorts...so so short... which I'm sure boys would not be into as long baggy shorts are in for boys. I'm talking secondary school here though and think you're meaning primary!
I can't imagine any boys opting for a skirt or a skort. The main downer my son faced was that secondary school meant Shorts were no longer an option and he was stuck with hot trousers in the summer - aside from for PE obviously.

user2848502016 · 12/04/2026 18:14

DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 17:45

Interesting. Thanks for the responses. This was something mentioned at a primary school where I volunteer and the answers were evenly divided as here. What persuade me was the school dress options:

Girls Options:
Girls can wear skirts.
Girls can wear pinafores.
Girls can wear summer dresses.
Girls can wear trousers/shorts

Boys Options:
There are no options. Boys wear trousers/shorts.

Is that equality? Skorts is a great compromise, surely?

The problem here is the school’s uniform policy. Uniform should all be unisex so in my DDs school it is just “black trousers/skirt/shorts” and summer dress after Easter - does not divide into boys/girls uniform.
Most boys won’t want to wear a skirt or skort (which is definitely “girls” clothing btw) but if they did it doesn’t matter.
Clothes are just clothes

nzborn · 12/04/2026 18:12

Girls

Summerbay23 · 12/04/2026 18:11

Once a boy is old enough to choose and have the courage of his convictions then wearing a skort or skirt is absolutely fine. Personally I wouldn’t do this to a primary school boy as there is the potential for them to stand out/be ridiculed. I can’t imagine many primary school boys would actively choose a skort, and shorts are completely functional/practical so no issues with them sticking to shorts.

hahabahbag · 12/04/2026 18:00

Why does it matter? Clothes are simply clothes. If a male wishes to wear clothes cut for the female body or vice versa why get worked up about it. Skorts or any other item should be marked with sizing no need to put girl or unisex on it. As it happens I can’t imagine a boy wearing one unless they were trans or making a point but who actually cares

GlovedhandsCecilia · 12/04/2026 18:00

DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 17:45

Interesting. Thanks for the responses. This was something mentioned at a primary school where I volunteer and the answers were evenly divided as here. What persuade me was the school dress options:

Girls Options:
Girls can wear skirts.
Girls can wear pinafores.
Girls can wear summer dresses.
Girls can wear trousers/shorts

Boys Options:
There are no options. Boys wear trousers/shorts.

Is that equality? Skorts is a great compromise, surely?

Why do boys need anything but something long legged and something short legged? They can wear a shorts and polo/short sleeved shirt in summer.

ColdAsAWitches · 12/04/2026 17:55

This was something mentioned at a primary school where I volunteer and the answers were evenly divided as here.

What do you mean evenly divided as here? The poll is 89%YABU. That's not evenly divided ffs.

dementedpixie · 12/04/2026 17:51

I still wouldn't put a boy in a skirt/pinafore/summer dress or a skort

The girls options are all variations of skirts/dresses plus trousers/shorts

Why would a boy want to wear shorts that look like a skirt when they could just wear shorts?

Original poster
DoggyBird · 12/04/2026 17:45

Interesting. Thanks for the responses. This was something mentioned at a primary school where I volunteer and the answers were evenly divided as here. What persuade me was the school dress options:

Girls Options:
Girls can wear skirts.
Girls can wear pinafores.
Girls can wear summer dresses.
Girls can wear trousers/shorts

Boys Options:
There are no options. Boys wear trousers/shorts.

Is that equality? Skorts is a great compromise, surely?

OP posts:
ModestlyPrudent · 11/04/2026 23:02

They are for anyone who wants to wear them. This is usually girls though.

Such a silly question and no need to start a thread on it.

Hankunamatata · 11/04/2026 21:17

Def girls. Personally I love a skort. I like being shorts but feel fat and frumpy where skort is more slimming

WorkCleanRepeat · 11/04/2026 21:14

I have a year 5 boy, neither he or any of his friends would be seen dead in a skort.

Thatcannotberight · 11/04/2026 21:10

Slazenger is a British company and Canterbury is based in New Zealand. IYKYK.

drspouse · 11/04/2026 20:57

There is a boy who was in my DS year at primary school whose mother thought he was a girl. I wasn't sure if they had given up on this notion when he left primary but when I found a request from this mum in a school uniform group for a skort I knew they hadn't.

bunnyvsmonkey · 11/04/2026 20:54

Sporty skorts are quite tight so I'd imagine they're either for girls only or have a baggy bit at the front to accommodate a cock and balls and therefore won't look right on a girl. So no not unisex.

WildDenimDuck · 11/04/2026 20:50

They’re for boys just as much as skirts are…..

Wingingit73 · 11/04/2026 20:40

Traditionaly girls but up to kid and parent. Like all clothes.

Livpool · 11/04/2026 20:35

Girls

CurlewKate · 11/04/2026 20:35

Clothes are clothes. They aren’t gendered.

audhdandme · 11/04/2026 20:33

You can’t put a boy in a skort ffs

OneTimeThingToday · 11/04/2026 20:32

My kids school has a "unisex" uniform policy, so technically the boys could chose to wrsr the skirt or the PE skort.

It has never happened. Same as technically the girls can wear grey knee length shorts instead of trousers or skirt.. but you cant buy them anywhere!

Thefrenchconnection1 · 11/04/2026 20:31

No clothing imo are for boys or girls other than maybe bras and jock straps. Why the restraint on garments unless they have a biological purpose attached?

Trampoline · 11/04/2026 20:26

There are two types of skorts- one which is a skirt with hidden shorts built on - or the other type which looks like shorts at the back and a skirt at the front.

NotMyRealAccount · 11/04/2026 20:24

Clothes are for anyone and all that, but a boy in a skort is likely to get the sort of teasing that no parent wants for their child.

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