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A
skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped women's garment
which hangs from the waist and covers the legs.
Unlike pants, a skirt is not divided. A dress (also
frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a skirt with
an attached bodice or with a matching bodice giving
the effect of a one-piece garment. Jean Auguste
Dominique Ingres depicts the Countesse d'
Haussonville, wearing a dress. At its simplest, a
skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single
piece of material (sarongs, pareos), but most skirts
are fitted to the body at the waist and fuller
below, with the fullness introduced by means of
darts, gores, pleats, or panels. Modern skirts and
dresses are usually made of light to mid-weight
fabrics, such as denim, jersey, worsted, or poplin.
Skirts and dresses of thin or clingy fabrics are
worn with slips to make the material of the skirt
drape better. The hemline of skirts and dresses can
be as high as the upper thigh or as low as the
ground, depending on the whims of fashion and the
modesty or personal taste of the wearer.Some
medieval upper-class women wore skirts over 3 metres
in diameter at the bottom. At the other extreme, the
miniskirts of the 1960s were minimal garments that
may barely cover the underwear when seated.
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