Women's Pleated Tennis Skirt - Zipped Pocket, Nylon Spandex

A pleated skirt with a zipped pocket - which is to say, a tennis skirt that has thought about where a phone goes. The pleats are knife-sharp and set the whole way round, so the skirt flares on movement and falls straight the moment it stops.

What it is made of

A stretch nylon blend. Pleats in a stretch fabric are heat-set rather than sewn, which keeps them uniform around the full circumference and stops them softening after washing. The stretch content lets the skirt move with a stride and return without a crease out of place.

How it fits

An elasticated waist at the natural line, with an inner short beneath the pleats and a zipped pocket set into the waistband. The pleats begin at the waist rather than the hip, so the flare starts high and the line stays long.

Where it earns its place

• Zipped waistband pocket that holds a phone through a run
• Heat-set pleats stay sharp through washing
• Inner short beneath, so the flare is never a liability
• Six colourways, from black through periwinkle and pink