skirts are pieces of sheetmetal that cover the upper portions of the rear tires of an automobile. These were seen on many American cars between the 1940s and 1960s, going out of favor after that. They were often paired with whitewall tires.

The extent of the skirt also varied, before the 50s it was common for all but the bottom inches of the rear tire to be covered, while by the 60s fender skirts only covered a few inches of the top of the tire and were largely absent afterwards. Fender skirts remained for some time longer on a few cars, particularly large American luxury cars.

As of 2005 no production cars include the once common fender skirts, although they are available for some new cars as aftermarket accessories.

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