Tennis skirt
Pleated Tennis Skirt, 4 pockets
- 4 zip pockets
- Sizes XXS to 2XL
- Built-in liner
4.3 · 10,503 ratings
from $14.99
Official SANTINY catalogue
SANTINY skorts, shorts and swimwear with the pocket where you need it
You are choosing between a 16 and an 18-inch skort from a photograph, and the photograph will not tell you which one covers your knee or where the phone goes. Every SANTINY card does: the length measured on the garment, how many pockets and which one zips, the size run the piece is cut in, and the UPF figure where the label carries one. Tennis skirts and golf skorts with the shorts sewn in, hiking shorts by the inch, swim skirts and rash guards, fleece-lined flares for winter, and the tanks and polos that go with them.
Start with what people buy most
- 169styles in the rangeacross six shelves
- 118,694ratings behind themweighted across the catalogue
- 2,214colourwaysphotographed as sold
- 7years on the court and the trailSANTINY has made skorts and shorts since 2019
Look 01 · Pleated Tennis Skirt, 4 pockets$9.99 to $49.99a piece, at our last update
XXS to 4XLthe size run
13.5" to 20"skort lengths
01Six shelves
Start from the SANTINY piece your day needs, not the colour
Nearly everything here costs between ten and forty dollars, so the price will not decide it. What you are doing on Saturday will: a court, a trail, a pool, a cold walk with the dog, or a sofa.
- Skorts and tennis skirts32 styles · The shelf the brand is known for
- Shorts44 styles · Trail, road and everything between
- Swim and sun protection20 styles · For the water and the hour after
- Leggings and pants24 styles · The cold-weather shelf
- Joggers and sweatpants23 styles · The rest of the week
- Tops26 styles · The top half of the drawer
02What leaves first
The SANTINY pieces people buy most
Six here and six further down, with the length, the pockets and the size run on every card before you click.
Bermuda shorts
Pocket Bermuda Shorts
- 3 zip pockets
- Sizes S to 3XL
- High rise
4.5 · 6,549 ratings
from $19.99
Swim shorts
Pocket Swim Shorts 12"
- Built-in liner
- Sizes S to 4XL
- UPF 50+
4.5 · 4,561 ratings
from $19.98
03Thirty seconds on a trail
What SANTINY makes, and where it goes
A pair of hiking shorts on a coast path, filmed by the people who make them. Sound off loses you nothing; the pockets are the plot.
SANTINY makes clothing for a woman who spends her weekends outside: skorts and tennis skirts for a court, shorts for a trail, swim skirts and rash guards for the water, fleece-lined leggings for a cold morning, and the tanks and polos that go over them. The idea that runs through all of it is the pocket. A skort here has its pockets on the shorts underneath so a phone lies flat against the thigh; a hiking short has three to five of them and a zip on most; a swim skirt has one for a locker key.
The second idea is the number. A skort is sold at 14, 16, 18 and 20 inches as four different pieces, a hiking short at 5, 7 and 9, because the length is the first thing you choose and the colour is the second, and a photograph cannot tell you which one covers your knee. The length on a card is measured on the garment, the pocket count is counted, and the UPF figure is printed where the label carries it and explained where it stops.
What "UPF 50+" means on a SANTINY card
That the dry, unstretched cloth lets one fiftieth of the sun's UV through, which is the floor the Skin Cancer Foundation sets for its seal. It covers the skin under the garment, it drops when the cloth is wet or pulled tight, and it is not a substitute for shade or sunscreen on the rest of you. The sources are named on every page that prints the figure.
04What you are looking at
A range cut for a Saturday outside, sold by the inch and the pocket
The starting point is a skort: a skirt with a pair of fitted shorts sewn in and the pockets on the shorts, so a ball rides on one hip and a phone on the other and neither shows. Take the skirt off and it is a running short with a liner; make the cloth a swim knit and it is a swim skirt; make it a quick-dry woven with a drawstring and five pockets and it is a hiking short. The tops, the fleece-lined flares and the sweatpants came later, for the hour before and the hour after.
The second thing to know is that the length is printed and the piece is sold by it. A skort comes at 14, 16, 18 and 20 inches as four pieces, a hiking short at 5, 7 and 9, a flare legging at five inseams, because an inch is the difference between the skort you wanted and the one you send back. The length is measured on the garment, the pocket count is counted, and the UPF figure goes on the card where the label carries it and is explained where it stops.
The longer answer to “what is this brand” lives on Read what SANTINY makes and who it is for.
05The second six
The 6-inch shorts, the swim skirt, the tank and the cargo skort
The shorts people write to us about for narrow thighs, the swim skirt that goes from the beach to the shops, the tank with the most colours on the site, the running shorts that survived two years of shifts, the zip-front rash guard and the six-pocket cargo skort.
Tank top
Tank Top, sleeveless
- Sleeveless
- Sizes XS to 2XL
- 26 colourways
4.2 · 3,434 ratings
from $12.99
Running shorts
Zip-Pocket Running Shorts
- Built-in liner
- Sizes XS to 2XL
- High rise
4.3 · 1,483 ratings
from $19.98
Rash guard
Zip-Front Rash Guard, 2 pockets
- UPF 50+
- Sizes XS to 3XL
- 2 pockets
4.4 · 1,211 ratings
from $29.99
Cargo skort
6-Pocket Cargo Skort 16"
- Built-in liner
- Sizes XS to 3XL
- Water resistant
4.4 · 568 ratings
$32.99
06Straight to a piece
The SANTINY pieces people search for by name
Skorts, tennis skirts, hiking shorts, swimwear, the UPF pieces and the fleece-lined ones first; the rest are one click away, each page with its pieces, prices, colourways and size runs.
SANTINY Skorts
A skort is the piece most people mean when they type our name, and this page holds all of them: the pleated tennis skirts that started the range, the golf skorts with a pocket for every ball, and the two cargo skorts that go on a trail. The shorts underneath are sewn in on every card; what changes is the length, from 13.5 to 20 inches, and how many pockets you get.
SANTINY Tennis Skirts
The tennis skirts are the court half of the skort shelf: pleated, scalloped or ruffled at the hem, with the shorts and the pockets underneath, at 13.5 to 16 inches for the court and 19 for anyone who wants the knee covered. Fifteen of them at our last update, and the pleated one with four pockets is the piece people write to us about most.
SANTINY Hiking Shorts
The hiking shorts are the shelf that goes on a trail: a quick-dry cloth, a drawstring at the waist, three to five pockets with a zip on most of them, and a UPF 50+ figure on all but one card. Cut at 5, 7 and 9 inches for the cargo pairs and at 13, 15 and 17 for the long ones, so the length is the first thing you choose.
SANTINY Swimwear
The swim shelf is a skirt or a short you can swim in and a top you can cover up with. The swim skirts have shorts and a pocket sewn in, the swim shorts run to 4XL, the rash guards come with a zip front or without, and every piece on the shelf prints UPF 50+ on its label. It is the shelf people buy in May.
SANTINY UPF 50+ Clothing
More than fifty pieces in the range print UPF 50+ on the label, from the hiking shorts and the swim skirts to the golf polos and the sun hoodies. The figure means the dry cloth lets one fiftieth of the sun's UV through; we print it as the label gives it, say where it stops, and name the sources.
SANTINY Fleece-Lined Leggings and Joggers
The fleece-lined pieces are the ones people search for by name in November: flare leggings at five lengths, joggers with a water-resistant shell and a brushed inside, a pair of fleece-lined pants, and a thermal top. Warm without the bulk of a second layer, and the flares are cut to sit over a boot.
07Who does what
The people at SANTINY, by what they decide for you
No faces and no names on this page, because a face would be a stock photograph and a name would be a story. Four jobs instead, each one something you can hold a card against.
Pattern and length
Pattern and length
Decides where a hem ends and prints it. A 16-inch skort is sixteen inches from the waistband to the hem on the garment, not on a model, and a 7-inch short is seven from the crotch seam down. When a piece comes in three lengths it is sold as three pieces, so you never buy the middle one by accident.
Pockets and fabric
Pockets and fabric
Counts the pockets, puts the zip where a key will not bounce, and chooses a cloth for the day the piece is for: quick-dry woven on the trail shorts, a swim knit on the skirts that go in the water, brushed fleece inside the winter flares. The count and the cloth go on the card as facts, not adjectives.
Sizes and charts
Sizes and charts
Cuts the run the card prints and keeps the chart on the buying page honest to it: XS to 2XL on most pieces, XXS to 3XL on the skorts, S to 4XL on the swim shorts, tall lengths on the sweatpants and joggers. A letter describes the garment; the chart is how you match it to a tape.
Letters and corrections
Letters and corrections
Reads what you write to us and fixes the page when you are right. A wrong pocket count, a length that argues with the label, a colour that is not the colour in the photograph: the correction goes on the page and the change is noted, and the address is at the foot of every page.
08Before you click
Six things to settle before you trust a SANTINY size
The commonest mistake is ordering the letter from your jeans and the length from the photograph. Take two numbers once, pick the length from a piece you already own, and the SANTINY catalogue turns into a filter.
Step 1
Waist, where the band will sit
Tape level round your waist at the narrowest point, snug and not pulled tight. Every skort, short and pair of pants here sits high at the waist, and the chart on the buying page prints a waist figure first because the band is the part that decides whether the piece stays up on a walk.
Step 2
Hip, at the widest point
Feet together, tape level round the fullest part of the seat. A skort is cut easy through the hip because of the shorts underneath, and a running short is cut close; the hip figure is what tells you which letter of the two the chart gives you.
Step 3
Length, from a piece you own
Lay a skirt or a pair of shorts you like flat and measure it: a skirt from the waistband to the hem, a short from the crotch seam to the hem. Match that number to the card. A photograph on a model of unknown height cannot tell you where 16 inches ends on you; a tape can.
Step 4
Between two letters, decide by the day
The larger letter leaves room to sit, swing and carry a phone in the pocket; the smaller one sits closer standing still. Buyers who write in about a skort that came up snug through the hips are nearly all in the smaller of their two letters, so if it is for a court or a trail, go up.
Step 5
Liner or no liner
The running shorts and the swim shorts have a brief sewn in, the skorts and swim skirts have shorts sewn in, and the hiking and bermuda shorts have neither. A piece with a liner is worn with nothing under it and is bought in the letter that sits close; a piece without one takes whatever you wear under it.
Step 6
Buy one before you buy four
A colour you love in the wrong length is an exchange. Order one skort or one pair of shorts you have not worn before, wear it once on the day it is for, and then buy the colours in the length and the letter you now know. It costs a delivery and saves a return.
09In their words
Nine people on what came out of the SANTINY parcel
Real comments about our own pieces, shown as they came, with the piece each one names linked underneath. Three of them are complaints, and those are the three worth reading twice.
★★★☆☆
These are cute and very comfy, look polished, and overall I would give them a solid 4 stars except for one thing: they shed! I’ve washed them and worn them multiple times and EVERY SINGLE TIME I leave a trail of little black flecks. All over my couch, my bed, chairs, etc. It drives me crazy and makes me reconsider wearing them often. Again, they’re super cute, but from my experience you’ll leave small flecks everywhere they touch.
★★★☆☆
This skort had all the makings of becoming my favorite trail companion. Comfortable fit, lots of storage (I didn’t even realize until sitting down to write this review that it has six pockets! I’ll have to look again after they’re washed.), and it worked well on the hike. Sadly, it started pilling after just one overnight backpacking trip. If it were built with tougher fabric, I’d probably own one in every color. Great idea—just needs to be more trail-ready.
★★★★☆
These pants actually are made of cotton. The ones I bought do not run large as other reviewers had mentioned. I bought an XXL because I was hoping for a little bagginess but they are tight at the waist. I normally wear an XL. Also, they are a bit long. I am 5'4 and they come down below my ankles and gather at my feet a bit. Not so much that I feel I need to return them. But still deciding on the tight fit. Overall, they are nice pants and the material is just the right thickness. Not thick but not too thin.
★★★★★
I play a lot of golf and skorts are my go to in the Florida heat. I’m also 5’10” and want/need something a little longer. This skort provides good coverage, has pockets, is a nice soft medium weight material with just. Bit of stretch that works well in the hot weather. In addition the shorts underneath do not ride up which is also a big benefit. The only caution I would provide is that I think it runs just a tad small.
★★★★★
I recently bought them in the running length after wearing the longer length version almost daily for over 2 years as a barista at the green apron place. I often wear them on backpacking trips because they’re so comfortable. The running length is comfortable for working out and running errands, with no riding up. The waistband is wide and doesn’t roll around my waist. I love the zippered pockets that are big enough to hold my phone and keys while hiking or working.
★★★★★
I bought them for my hiking trip coming up in October, but I've already worn them. They are light, loose and I love the material. I sweat a lot and tend to overheat, but these shirts seem to wick sweat pretty well. I haven't felt like they keep heat or sweat in, which I think is pretty rare for synthetic materials.
★★★★★
These are the only ones I could find with an 8” inseam. I’m 5’4 with balanced torso/leg length. The 7” would be too short. I’ve lost some weight with unfit legs and need to cover a little more than the 7” would cover. A 9” is a little too long for being in the sun. I find they are a bit hotter.
★★★★★
I wore it on the beach and then wore it when we went shopping. It is very cute and easy to wear in the hot summer in the South. I also bought it in black. For reference, I am around 175- 180 lbs, a size 10, and carry my weight in my midsection. The large was a good fit, almost a tiny bit big...only a tiny bit. If I were a size 8, I would want a medium.
★★★★☆
They fit great, made well, mid weight, so no see through panty lines. I ordered a small. I am 5'6" and weigh 130, normally a 4-6. The reason for the 4 stars is because the legs are more like culottes instead of the picture that shows rather close fitting thighs.
10Shore Notes
Three pieces on length, sun and the wash
Which skort length lands where on your leg, what a UPF figure on a swim skirt is actually promising, and how to wash a fleece-lined legging and a faux-leather one without wrecking either.
Which SANTINY skort length lands where on your leg
A 14-inch tennis skirt and a 20-inch golf skort are two different pieces for two different days, and a photograph of a model whose height you do not know cannot tell you which one covers your knee. What a skirt length is, how to measure a piece you own, where each of the seven lengths on this site ends on a leg, and what the shorts underneath do about it.
What UPF 50+ on a SANTINY swim skirt is promising, and what it is not
More than fifty pieces in the range print UPF 50+ on the label, and the figure is easy to read as more than it is. What a UPF number measures, why 50 is the line the sun-safety bodies draw, what happens to it when the cloth is wet or stretched, where the garment stops protecting you, and how a rash guard fits into the rest of what dermatologists ask for.
How to wash SANTINY fleece-lined leggings and faux-leather pants without wrecking either
The two pieces on the cold-weather shelf that buyers write to us about after the first wash are the fleece-lined flares and the faux-leather leggings, and they want opposite things. What the care label is legally promising, what heat does to a brushed fleece and to a pleather face, why a faux-leather legging sheds, and a wash routine for each that keeps the water-resistant finish and the matte face where they are.
11Questions people send us
What buyers ask SANTINY before they order
Six of them. Longer answers live on the shelf pages and in Shore Notes.
Where can you buy SANTINY skorts, shorts and swimwear?
Every buying button on this site opens the piece you were looking at, in the colourway and the length you chose, at our retail partner. That is where you pick the size, where the payment, the delivery and any exchange happen, and the price you see there is the price you pay.
If you would rather scroll the whole range in one place, the button at the foot of every page opens the catalogue rather than a single garment.
How do you know which SANTINY size to order?
Take two numbers, the waist where the band sits and the hip at its widest, and hold them against the chart on the buying page rather than against the letter you buy in jeans. Between two letters, take the larger one if you will sit, swing or carry a phone in the pocket, and the smaller one if it is a running short with a liner that you want to stay put. The size block further up this page walks through it.
Do SANTINY skorts have pockets you can actually use?
Yes, and they sit on the shorts underneath rather than on the skirt, so a phone lies flat against your thigh and a ball stays on your hip through a rally. The card prints the count for every piece: two to four on the tennis skirts, three to six on the golf and cargo skorts, and it says "zip" where a pocket closes. A pocket that does not exist on the garment is not printed on the card.
Will a SANTINY rash guard or swim skirt protect your skin from the sun?
The cloth of every piece on the swim shelf is rated UPF 50+, which means the dry, unstretched fabric lets one fiftieth of the sun's UV through; the Skin Cancer Foundation puts that in its top band and makes it the floor for their seal. It protects the skin under the garment and nothing past the hem, it drops when the cloth is wet or stretched, and it does not replace shade or sunscreen on the rest of you. We print the figure as the label gives it and name the sources under this page.
Which SANTINY length ends where on your leg?
A skort or swim skirt length is measured from the waistband to the hem: 14 inches ends high on the thigh, 16 sits a hand above the knee on most heights, 18 reaches it, 20 covers it. A short is measured from the crotch seam: 3 to 5 inches is a running length, 7 and 9 end mid-thigh, 12 to 17 reach the knee. The surest way to choose is to measure a piece you already own and match the number on the card.
Are SANTINY pieces cut for you if you are tall, short or above a 2XL?
Most cards run XS to 2XL; the skorts and the tank tops go to 3XL, the swim shorts to 4XL, and one skort family starts at XXS. For height there are tall sweatpants at 31 to 35 inches and tall joggers at 32 to 36, a 27-inch cut of the cotton sweatpants for shorter legs, and flare leggings at five inseams from 28 to 32. The size run on a card is the run the piece is cut in at our last update, so a letter missing from the card is missing from the garment.
Prices on this page are the figures from our last update; care from SANTINY updates them on a schedule, and the figure at the till is the one that counts.
Every SANTINY length, every pocket
Every length, colourway and size in the SANTINY kit bag sits behind this button, with the price from our last update against each one.