Nicknames for Demi: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Demi: | Edit. This name first gained wide attention through the actress Demi Moore, who used it as a short form of her full name, Demetria. It is now being used as an independent name.
In Western fashion history, it's men who are the innovators, and women pick up bits and pieces of it as men abandon them. Women didn't really start wearing pants or trousers in public until the 1930s or so, revealing at least the shape of their lower bodies for the first time. Practicality really isn't high on the list of reasons why people wear the things they do.
In May 2014 male students and teachers in Nantes, France started a campaign to fight against sexism across the country through wearing sport skirts instead of trousers. The idea behind this movement is that half a century ago women fought for their rights to wear trousers and today nobody is taken aback when women wear pants on a daily basis.