Skirts

A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.

thumb|300px|One of the earliest depictions of the kilt is this German print showing Highlanders around 1630 A kilt ( ) is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, i

A miniskirt (or mini-skirt, mini skirt, or mini) is a skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level, normally no longer than below the buttocks; and a dress with such a hemline is called a minidress or a miniskirt dress. A micro-miniskirt or microskirt is a miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.

thumb|Dutch military personnel wearing sarong, 1949 thumb|Three women wearing sarongs in 1905

thumb|right|A Dogras|Dogra dancer wears a dhoti, at a [[theatre in Jammu.]] The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers. The dhoti is a garment of ethnic wear for men in the Indian subcontinent. The dhoti is fashioned out of a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, of usually around in length.

thumb|right|200px|Woman wearing modern dirndl with long skirt thumb|200px|Children wearing traditional dirndls at a folk festival in Vilshofen an der Donau (Bavaria), 2012

A crinoline is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century. Originally, crinoline described a stiff fabric made of horsehair ("crin") and cotton or linen which was used to make underskirts and as a dress lining. The term crin or crinoline continues to be applied to a nylon stiffening tape used for interfacing and lining hemlines in the 21st century.

thumb|Two wearing thumb|A Japanese woman wearing with a top at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū|alt=A Japanese woman wearing a hakama with a furisode (formal kimono for young women with long sleeves) thumb|A miko and male priest, both wearing ; note the lack of

A loincloth is a one-piece garment, either wrapped around itself or kept in place by a belt. It covers the genitals and sometimes the buttocks. Loincloths which are held up by belts or strings are specifically known as breechcloth or breechclout. Often, the flaps hang down in front and back.

skirt worn in ballet by women

thumb|American petticoat, 1855–1865 thumb|Modern petticoat|alt=Modern petticoat

thumb|right|250px|A boy in a village of Narail, [[Bangladesh wearing a lungi with simple twist knot]] The lungi () is a clothing similar to the sarong that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The lungi, which usually multicoloured, is a men's skirt usually tied around the lower waist below the navel. It can be worn as casual wear and night wear. It is favoured in hot and humid climates where the airflow it allows makes it more comfortable than alternatives.

thumb|200px|A Albanian Souliotes|Souliote warrior wearing fustanella, by Louis Dupré.

thumb|One of the most iconic pop culture images of the 20th century involves upskirting. [[Marilyn Monroe poses over a subway grate during the filming of The Seven Year Itch as her white dress is blown upwards by a train passing underneath.]]

A krama ( ; ) is a sturdy traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to cover the face, for decorative purposes, and as a hammock for children. It may also be used as a garrote by Bokator fighters, who also wrap the krama around their waists, heads and fists. It is worn by men, women and children, and can be fairly ornate, though most typical kramas contain a gingham pattern of some sort, and traditionally come in either red or blue. It is the Cambodian national symbol.

thumb|upright|Woman from Grudë, Albania|Grudë wearing a xhubleta in a 19th-century [[Pietro Marubi photo.]]

traditional wrapped garment of East Africa, typically worn by women

thumb|right|King Louis XVI (1754-1793), dressed in culottes. right|thumb|James Monroe (1758-1831), the last U.S. president who dressed according to the style of the late 18th century, with his Cabinet in 1823. The president wears knee breeches, while his secretaries wear long [[trousers.]]

very narrow straight skirt

A longyi (; ) is a sheet of cloth widely worn in Myanmar (Burma). It is approximately long and wide. The cloth is often sewn into a cylindrical shape. It is worn around the waist, running to the feet, and held in place by folding fabric over without a knot. In ancient times, lethwei fighters would hitch it up (paso hkadaung kyaik) to compete. This folding technique is still being used in modern days when people play chinlone.

upright|thumb|Pāreu on display in Rarotonga

thumb|upright=1.5|Statue of Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, wearing the Kaunakes. . A kaunakes (, or ; ; ; or persis; or or ) was a woollen mantle that originated in Sumeria. It was woven in a tufted pattern, suggesting overlapping petals or feathers by sewing tufts onto the garment or looping them into the fabric.

triangular or A-shaped silhouette in clothing, generally standing away from the body

skirt made of denim, and often styled with a fly front and pockets like jeans

thumb|280px|Probably the earliest depiction of the Spanish verdugado. Pedro García de Benabarre, Salome from the St John Retable, Catalonia, 1470–1480. thumb|right|180px|Tudor gown showing the line of the Spanish farthingale: portrait of Catherine Parr, 1545. thumb|right|French farthingales, c. 1580 right|thumb|180px|Silhouette of the 1590s: Elizabeth I, the Ditchley portrait

clothing

A skort, skorts, or pair of skorts (a blend of skirt and shorts) is a pair of shorts with an overlapping fabric panel made to resemble a skirt covering the front, or a skirt with a pair of integral shorts hidden underneath.

thumb|right|220px|Mozambique|Mozambican woman using a capulana. A capulana (also spelled "kapulana", or in Changana "nguvu" or "vemba") is a type of a sarong worn primarily in Mozambique but also in other areas of Southeastern Africa. It is a length of material about 2 metres by 1 metre. It can either be used as a wrap-around skirt, dress or can become a baby carrier on the back. It is considered a complete piece of clothing.

The shendyt (šnḏyt, Schenti, Schent, Shent, Skent) was a type of loincloth similar to a skirt. It was a kilt-like garment worn in ancient Egypt. It was made of cloth and was worn around the waist, typically extending to above the knees. Shendyts are depicted on pharaohs, deities, and commoners in a variety of situations in Egyptian artwork.

thumb|Khmer dancer wearing a samloy robab in the style of ''sampot sarobap ka'at kbal neak, or "sampot folded like the head of a naga".|alt= A sampot'' ( /sɑmpʊət/ ), a traditional dress in Cambodia. The traditional dress is similar to the dhoti of Southern Asia.).

any of various contemporary or historical skirts or skirt-like garments worn by men and boys

thumb|Saint Thomas Christians|Nasranis or Syrian Christians of Kerala wearing mundu (from an old painting). Photo published in the Cochin Government Royal War Efforts Souvenir in 1938. thumb|Nair woman wearing a [[mundum neriyatum, painting by Raja Ravi Varma]] thumb|upright|A man wearing mundu and melmundu The mundu (Malayalam: ; ) is a garment worn around the waist in the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, the Lakshadweep archipelago, and the Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives. It is closely related to sarongs like dhotis and lungis. It is normally woven in cotton and coloured white or

Type of skirt with a narrow hem

thumb|A typical kitenge pattern. thumb|Customers and visitors at a display of African kitenge clothes

thumb|The Royal Samoan Police Band members wearing ‘ie faitaga thumb|A Samoan woman wearing a lavalava in Apia. A lavalava, sometimes written as lava-lava, also known as an ie, short for 'ie lavalava, is an article of daily clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples. It consists of a single rectangular cloth worn similarly to a wraparound skirt or kilt. The term lavalava is both singular and plural in the Samoan language.

skirt with one or more deep flounces, loosely inspired by 1830s styles

The pollera is a traditional skirt and ensemble with origins in Panama, Bolivia, and Peru, each region developing its own distinctive styles and cultural significance over time.

right|thumb|A just married couple still in their wedding taovala right|thumb|Different types of taovala worn at funerals A taovala is an article of Tongan dress, a mat wrapped around the waist, worn by men and women, at all formal occasions, much like the tie for men in the Western culture. The taovala is also commonly seen among the Fijian Lau Islands, and Wallis island, both regions once heavily influenced by Tongan hegemony and cultural diffusion.

short, flounced, layered skirt that originated in cheerleading, popular in the 1980s

thumb|A woman wearing a tunic-like overskirt and skirt. thumb|A 1950s evening dress showing a short overskirt (or peplum) An overskirt is a type of women's short skirt which is draped over another garment, such as a skirt, breeches, or trousers. Although peplum is often used as another term for overskirt, it should not be confused with the peplos or "peplum dress", which was worn in ancient Greece.

wrapped and draped pants of Southeast Asia

mid-calf to ankle length full skirt made of many layers, as worn by ballerinas

shaped framework of reed, cane, or steel, used to support women's dresses in the fashionable silhouette of a particular period

thumb|upright|Dancers performing the kapa malong malong, a traditional Maguindanaon people|Maguindanao dance featuring the uses of the malong The malong is a traditional Filipino-Bangsamoro rectangular or tube-like wraparound skirt bearing a variety of geometric or okir designs. The malong is traditionally used as a garment by both men and women of the numerous ethnic groups in the mainland Mindanao and parts of the Sulu Archipelago. They are wrapped around at waist or chest-height and secured by tucked ends, with belts of braided material or other pieces of cloth, or are knotted over one shou

type of skirt

thumb|Kikoy fabric in Nairobi thumb|Traditional kikoi being worn. A kikoi is a traditional rectangle of woven cloth originating from Africa. Considered a part of Swahili culture, the kikoi is mostly worn by the coastal people, but now also includes the Maasai people of Kenya and men from Tanzania and Zanzibar. It is most commonly viewed a type of sarong.

skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband