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This is a skirt that wraps only partly around a lady's waist, thus making a crescent instead of a full circle.
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'''The key to telling if a skirt like this is to look at the waist.''' The skirt has to wrap between 1/3 to 3/4 of the way around the waist to count. Anything less or more doesn't count (like [[Star Wars|Leia's]] [[Return of the Jedi|slave girl]] outfit).
Usually a [[Sub
Compare [[Bare Your Midriff]], [[She's Got Legs]].
Contrast [[All
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Ken Akamatsu really likes this, going by the number of crescent-shaped skirts he throws into the costumes of the girls in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
* Umi and Alcyone in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''.
* Signum's Barrier Jacket in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.
* Misty's magician's assistant outfit in ''[[Pokémon (
* Mew Lettuce in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''.
** Also Ringo, in the game.
* Glenda wore one in a fantasy sequence in ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]''.
* One of [[
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' Dark Magician Girl's little pink skirt is a bit like this.
* [[She's Got Legs|Hagall]] has one in ''[[Ah!
* [[All There in the Manual|The Princess of the Crystal]], aka Himari's possessor, in ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'' has one of these on her [[Pimped-Out Dress]]. It's also the first part of it to go as she makes her speech [[Once an Episode]].
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* Satine's [[Pink Means Feminine|"Pink Diamonds"]] dress in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' has a skirt of [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|pink feathers]].
* Miss Kitty the Showgirl Mouse in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' wears one of these during the "Let Me Be Good to You" musical number... in an animated [[Disney]] movie, no less.
* The Grand Councilwoman from ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|
* In ''[[White Christmas]]'', Judy wears a detachable one for the "Mandy" number.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Often worn in the ''Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows'', including one [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718172146/http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/ap/nyr15508121942.widec.jpg Tyra] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101224154053/http://vsholic.com/gallery/2003/2003_56.jpg Banks] wore that was [[Pretty in Mink|trimmed with white fox]].
* Centauri female court dress in ''[[Babylon
* Kahlan's supposedly practical traveling clothes in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''.
== [[Music Videos]] ==
* The wedding dress in the music video for [[
* [http://z.about.com/d/golondon/1/0/9/D/-/-/Showgirl_Performance.jpg Some of]{{Dead link}} [http://i00.rnhh.de/eu/shared-images/rhaps/b/0/9/f/bc039df115fd96e42afd7cfbc1677dd3_510x462.jpg the outfits] that [[Kylie Minogue]] wore in her "Showgirl" concert.
== [[Theater]] ==
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== [[Toys]] ==
* The "Ready In Red" outfit for She-Ra from ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The fairy familiar in ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''.
* Many outfits in ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''. In fact, a lot of [[
* ''[[
* All ''over'' the place in the designs for ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy X
** It also appears in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia Duodecil Final Fantasy]]''.
* Vanille in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' wears a [[Pretty in Mink|brown fur]] version. It's a hunting trophy.
** Lightning's new outfit in ''[[
* Maria Traydor of ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]'' wears one of these, although the effect is closer to a [[Badass Longcoat]].
* The RAcaseal class (android gunner girls) from ''[[Phantasy Star]] Online'' has one of these skirts, made from decoratively dangling metal plates. It's also cut in a way that combines this with [[Mini
* Most of the waist options for armor in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' work out to these.
* Dawn Star in ''[[Jade Empire]]'' has a perfectly sensible shirt...and then her clothing below the waist consists of underwear and four evenly spaced wide ribbons that flutter behind her when she is running.
* {{spoiler|Neo Metal Sonic}} wears one in ''[[
* Saika Magoichi of ''[[Sengoku Basara]] 3'', who wears trousers underneath, so it's probably just for dramatic effect.
* Mesmers in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' are especially in love with this trope. Close to half of the female Mesmer armor sets consist of what would be an ankle-length, A-line dress or coat were it not cut to reveal a miniskirt beneath and show almost the entire leg. Elementalists and Necromancers also partake liberally of this trope (with [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Elementalist_Elite_Luxon_armor_f.jpg Elementalist Elite Luxon armor] being particularly notable).
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* Judith of ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''.
* The showgirl in ''[[Bloody Good Time]]''.
* [[Umineko no Naku Koro
== [[Web Original]] ==
* From the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', the [[Necromancer|Bone White Queen]], the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Disease and the consort of the [[Complete Monster|Blood Red King]], wears a (naturally) bone-white
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* Shows up in, of all places, ''[[My Little Pony:
* In ''[[Transformers]]'', any female Transformer will have her kibble become this while in robot mode.
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* Child pageants will even have this, among other questionable costumes.
* If anyone has ever seen Northmead High School perform at Rock Eisteddfod...
* At least
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Partial Nudity Tropes]]
[[Category:Dresses, Gowns, and Skirts]]
[[Category:Fanservice Costumes]]
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]]
[[Category:Showgirl Skirt]]
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