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Skirts
Huang, Xinyi
Wrapped skirt, usually made of bold floral-print cotton,
used as beach cover-ups. Popular after actress Dorothy
Lamour wore one in film Hurricane, late 1930s.
A skirt, open from waist to hem, that wraps around the body
and fastens with buttons or ties, usually lapped across the
front or back.
Straight skirt that flares at the hem like an inverted
trumpet. The flair is created either by cutting greater
fullness at the hem or by attaching a large circular
flounce.
Skirt divided into two sections so that it is actually a pair of
pants but looks like a skirt when not in motion. Also called
split skirt, pant skirt, divided skirt, scooter skirt, or skort.
French culotte: knee breeches; des culottes: trousers.
Scottish skirt made in wraparound style. Center front
is plain with knife pleats starting at side front and
wrapping around to other side or front. Hanging end
may be fringed and fastened with a large decorative
safety pin.
Skirt made from a full circle of fabric with pressed-in pleats
that are wider at the hem and taper to waistline, giving a
flare to skirt. When the body is in motion, pleats flare at the
hem like the bellows of a half-open accordion. Introduced
in late 1880s by Loie Fuller for skirt dancing.
Full, gathered skirt. The style derives from Tyrolean
peasant costume originating, and still worn, in the
Austrian and Bavarian alps.
Skirt that fits through the waistline and flares at the hem. May be
made of from four to twenty-four shaped sections.
A basic skirt that flares from the waist to the hem,
very much like an A-line skirt.
Skirt made by cutting a semicircle out of a piece of fabric
folded length-wise. The selvages are then joined to make a full
circle. Popular for skating and general wear in the 1930s, it has
remained a basic type of skirt, becoming very popular in mid-
80s.
Skirt with hemline cut to fall in points as if made of
handkerchiefs.
Full gathered skirt that may be trimmed with bands of embroidery;
plain gathered skirt; or skirt worn with an embroidered apron. In
the 1960s referred to skirt decorated with bands of embroidery
rather than style of skirt. Adopted from national costume of
European countries. Also: Skirt made of tiers in varying lengths,
placed one on top of the other. In some areas, this may be referred
to as a peasant skirt or a layered skirt.
Any slim skirt without fullness.
Basic skirt cut full at the waistline with darts, gathers, or small
un-pressed pleats used at the waistline. From hips to hem skirt
tapers inward becoming very narrow at the hem.
Slightly flared skirt introduced in the early 1960s. In silhouette, it
appears like letter A.
Skirt with small fitted piece, sometimes straight, pointed, or
scalloped attached at waistband. Lower part of skirt attached to
yoke may be gathered or gored.
Skirt made by bringing two folds of fabric to a center line in
front and/or back. May be cut straight at sides or be
slightly flared. Has been a basic type of skirt since 1920s.
Two flat folds meeting underneath to form box pleats that extend
around the waist, alternating with inverted pleats. Popular in 1940s
and 1950s.