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Once the default outfit for every human, now coded feminine by accident of fashion's whims
male originsMen wore them across most of history and most cultures
kilt cousinScottish kilts are pleated skirts with a battle record
length politicsHemlines reportedly rise and fall with economic booms
word rootShares ancestry with shirt, both meaning short garment
egyptian staplePharaohs ruled in pleated linen kilts called shendyts