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A skirt is a cylindrical-shaped garment that hangs from the waist or hips and has an open bottom, covering all or part of the legs. In western culture, primarily women wear skirts. The notable exception is kilts, which are traditionally worn by men in Scotland. We’ll leave out cross dressers and the occasional fashion designer that throws a skirt on a man to get some free press.
There have been variations in the form of skirts and it has been a vital part of male and female dressing in many cultures. Some of the famous variations of skirts are lungi, kanga and sarong be dressed in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and the kilt worn in Scotland. Skirt always was an important part of female wardrobes, right from the Duan Qun Miao Chinese culture to now.
Skirt fashion evolved in the starting of nineteenth century since to now. Before the nineteenth century skirts were part of traditional dressings for many cultures. The beginning of skirt as a fashion wear started about 1915. Since then, there are been tremendous changes–including lengths, materials, cuts, and patterns of the skirts. Skirts got short in 1920s then became long again in 1930s, then got shorter during the war years due to the shortage of fabric, then became shortest of all throughout the 1960s. Now, you’ll see different skirt lengths as no one length dominates fashion trends.
Not only female wardrobe has been influenced by skirts, but also there are few male garments which have a great influence of skirt. These are from different cultures and have different names but influence of skirts can be seen straight away. Traditional dresses for men influenced by skirts includes dhoti which is an important part of every day dressing in Indian subcontinent, kilt worn in Scotland as a traditional and occasional wear. Japanese kimono, Chinese cheongsam, and the Arabic thobe these all are some male clothing’s having an influence from the skirts.
Skirt has been an imperative element of the human clothing’s for a long period of time. Today’s skirts tender an immense assortment.
Women have more fashion alternatives than ever before. There are huge varieties of skirts which you can choose according to your liking and your culture. Clothing for women has never been so comfortable and easy. Although men wearing skirt is not commonly seen in the modern days as they were in the early centuries. Designers all over the world are working on it a may be some day we can see men wearing skirt again as in the early days.
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