Embarrassed about a skirt initially pulled down (5)
I believe the answer is:
rased
'pulled down' is the definition.
('rase' can be a synonym of 'pull down')
'embarrassed about a skirt initially' is the wordplay.
'embarrassed' becomes 'red' (I've seen this before**).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'skirt' is 's'.
'a'+'s'='as'
'red' placed around 'as' is 'RASED'.
(Other definitions for rased that I've seen before include "totally devastated" , "Destroyed, tore down to the ground" , "brought low" , "knocked down" , "Levelled to the ground" .)