# Tennis skirt... for hiking?! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265 "2011-06-29T14:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/21 "2011-06-29T16:24:32Z")
Really, and yes I did look at the picture (and was annoyed by the price, 'cause it looks like something I’d love to wear myself). Yes, it would look skirt-like since it has the full back panel, but your average guy would be watching to see if it rides up, catch sight of the undershorts in matching fabric, and conclude “shorts.” Maybe “shorts, damnit” if he was hoping for a more entertaining glimpse. Seriously – very few men, especially straight men, understand enough about women’s clothing to know (or care about) what constitutes skirt vs. shorts vs. skort, how you tell the difference at a glance, and why we’d choose to wear one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/22 "2011-06-29T16:27:38Z")
> [@emmaliminal](#): > > Really, and yes I did look at the picture (and was annoyed by the price, 'cause it looks like something I’d love to wear myself). Check ebay - that is where I got most of my tennis outfits because I won’t pay $59 for an article of exercise clothing. Also, the “clearance” section of [Tenniswarehouse.com](http://Tenniswarehouse.com) can have some pretty good deals. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/23 "2011-06-29T16:52:17Z")
On a hot day, unless you have thighs like broomsticks, there’s the chafing factor…I’d say bring some baby powder cornstarch, but applying it in front of your date might look, uh, odd, lol! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/24 "2011-06-29T17:06:30Z")
Totally acceptable, I would love it if a date showed up for a hike in a skirt! Plus, it does sound pretty comfy. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/25 "2011-06-29T17:12:15Z")
I think it would look dead sexy if you wore regular underwear instead of the granny panties usually worn under tennis skirts. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/26 "2011-06-29T17:20:25Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think it would look dead sexy if you wore regular underwear instead of the granny panties usually worn under tennis skirts. These aren’t detachable, nor do I have one that doesn’t have them attached. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/27 "2011-06-29T17:25:06Z")
Skirt: A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls. Hike: To rise, especially to rise upward out of place. Am I the only one who had the wrong impression opening this thread? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/28 "2011-06-29T18:14:06Z")
> [@Mauvaise](#): > > These aren’t detachable, nor do I have one that doesn’t have them attached. Drat. Now I have to revise all my fantasies about Anna Kournikova. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/29 "2011-06-29T18:18:40Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Drat. Now I have to revise all my fantasies about Anna Kournikova. If it helps, she probably wears a skirt/tennis underwear combo, so hers are entirely detachable. Commence with your fantasies! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/30 "2011-06-29T18:30:12Z")
A tennis skirt is perfectly acceptable for a hike on a second date, provided the fellow doesn’t go by the name of [Puistola Grottenpösch](http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=faab9579-71d8-4c3f-9a0c-c66cd62cef0c). ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/31 "2011-06-29T18:31:56Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > A tennis skirt is perfectly acceptable for a hike on a second date, provided the fellow doesn’t go by the name of Puistola Grottenpösch. I like being naked as much as the next person, but not where there are bugs and sharp things that could poke delicate girly-bits. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/32 "2011-06-29T18:53:11Z")
That’s one of the things that makes wilderness canoeing is so enjoyable – not much in the way of biting-bugs and ouchie-pokie things out over the water. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/33 "2011-06-29T18:58:47Z")
I once went on a hike with a very attractive young lady who wore a skirt. We were above the treeline, though, and the wind was fierce. I ended up walking in front because of the frequent Marilyn Monroe incidents. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/34 "2011-06-29T19:04:47Z")
I voted weird; I’ve gone hiking quite a bit and can’t picture myself every wearing a skirt/skort…and I’m all about skirts! Why not just get some regular shorts? Your skort is just shorts with extra fabric anyway. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/35 "2011-06-29T19:06:11Z")
Skirts are perfect hiking attire. Even guys are wearing them now in the form of hiking or utility kilts. Personally, I can’t bring myself too, but it’s doubtlessly superior to not have sweating fabric chaffing my inner legs. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/36 "2011-06-29T20:00:56Z")
I voted it was weird, except > [@Mauvaise](#): > > This skirt is actually a skort (has built in shorts) if that makes a difference. this does make a difference. I wouldn’t want to wear a skirt while hiking for fear that if you bent over or lifted your leg high enough it would ride up, but as there are shorts underneath anyway it’s no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/37 "2011-06-29T20:01:46Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Skirts are perfect hiking attire. Even guys are wearing them now in the form of hiking or utility kilts. Personally, I can’t bring myself too, but it’s doubtlessly superior to not have sweating fabric chaffing my inner legs. One of my ancestors was in that “Gallant Forty-Twa”, the 42nd Highland Regiment, also called the “ladies from hell” after their devotion to the kilt, wearing it everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/38 "2011-06-29T20:04:33Z")
A short skirt and a walk in the woods? Yeah, I’ve been on _that_ date. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/39 "2011-06-29T20:45:21Z")
Why not? I play tennis most mornings and then wear the tennis skirt paired with a t-shirt to shop, go to lunch, etc. No reason not to hike. I mean, would it be odd to wear tennis shoes for hiking? No. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-skirt-for-hiking/587265/40 "2011-06-29T20:46:41Z")
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