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Apparently Cutty Sark is a whiskey, which presumably is what you meant, but the first DDG result is a British naval ship which ... Also kinda makes sense?
The scotch is named after the ship
Before the ship it was an old scottish folkstory about a guy going home on a stormy night, encountering a coven of witches, calling out out to one that had a really small shirt (cutty sark) and never being seen again Ichabod Crane style. The figurehead on the ship is what gave the ship it's name, because it was based on that story.
Many liquor brands have a sailor/pirate theme. I never saw the appeal personally, but I guess it just plays off the stale "sailors drink a lot, amirite?" meme.
Very classy back in the day, très chic.
I cannot decide whether I'd call my parents classy. I don't think they were deficient in that manner but I'm not sure whether they had a lot, either.