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It was a short knife or accordion pleated skirt with an attached bloomer underneath. Years later, the term was applied to a pair of shorts with a flap of fabric across the front (and often the back) making the garment appear to be a skirt. In recent years, the term skort has been given to any skirt with an attached pair of shorts.
Rah-rah skirt/Cheerleader skirt: A short, tiered, and often colourful skirt fashionable in the early-mid-1980s. Sarong: A square or rectangle of fabric wrapped around the body and tied on one hip to create a skirt that can be worn by both sexes Skort/scooter skirt: A skirt that has an attached pair of shorts underneath for modesty.
The design of the overskirt depended on the era in which it appeared, and a variety of overskirts have appeared through history: Casaquin—Popularly known from the 1740s onwards as a pet-en-l'air, this was a short version of the sack-back gown (also known as the robe à la française) which appeared in the 1780s. [1]
The uniforms worn in the first and second season included a variant consisting of a short sleeved top, with attached skirt. This variant was seen worn by both male and female crew members. The book The Art of Star Trek explained that "the skirt design for men 'skant' was a logical development, given the total equality of the sexes presumed to ...
Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 17th and 18th centuries to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat. This provided a panel where woven patterns, elaborate decorations and rich embroidery could be displayed and fully appreciated.
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Navajo women further adapted the European designs, incorporating their own sense of beauty, "creating hózhó." [50] Paper sewing patterns for women to sew their own dresses started to be readily available in the 1860s, when the Butterick Publishing Company began to promote them. [51] These patterns were graded by size, which was a new ...
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