What is Skirt?
[[File:Young woman in marinière, denim jacket en wrap skirt.jpg|thumb|right|230px|A woman wearing a wrap skirt]] A '''skirt''' is a piece of [[clothing]] that hangs downwards from the [[waist]]. Different skirts have been worn in many different cultures at different times. There are skirts that are clothing for [[woman|women]], for men, or for both. In modern [[Western]] / [[Europe|European]] culture skirts are usually worn by women. An exception is the [[kilt]] and the [[fustanella]], which are traditional skirts for men that are still worn today. Skirts are worn at semi-formal occasions, and sometimes at [[formal]] events, although a [[dress]] is more common. The bottom part of a [[dress]] can also be called a skirt. == History == [[File:Egyptian kilt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Statue]] of Ramaat, an important person, wearing an Egyptian [[kilt]], 2.250 BC]] Skirts have been worn by people for a very long time in the past. A skirt made out of [[straw]] from 3.900 [[BC]] was found in [[Armenia]].<ref name=strawskirt>{{cite web | url = http://news.am/eng/news/73915.html | title = 5,900-year-old women's skirt discovered in Armenian cave | work = News Armenia | date = September 13, 2011 | access-date = September 14, 2011}}</ref> In ancient Egypt, men and women have worn skirts. In the [[Bronze Age]], the people in the South of [[West Europe|West]] and [[Central Europe]] used clothes that go around the body like [[dress|dresses]]. In [[North Europe|Northen Europe]], people wore skirts and [[blouse|blouses]].<ref>Koch-Mertens, Wiebke (2000): Der Mensch und seine Kleider: Die Kulturgeschichte der Mode bis 1900. Artemis & Winkler: Düsseldorf Zürich. pp. 49-51</ref> In the [[Middle Ages]], men and women also used clothes like dresses. The bottom part of the dress for men were shorter than the dresses that women wore. Today, skirts are still used by men and women. Such skirts are the lungi, lehnga, kanga, sarong which is used in [[South Asia]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. The [[kilt]] is used in [[Scotland]] and [[Irela