Men's skirts
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Outside Western cultures, men's clothing commonly includes skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in the Americas and much of Europe, skirts are usually seen as feminine clothing rather than men and
Sumerian men's skirt (Kaunakes), ca. 3.000 BC
A modern utility kilt
Statue of Ramaat, an official from Gizeh wearing a pleated Egyptian kilt, ca. 2.250 BC
A Greek charioteer from Delphi wearing a long chiton, ca. 470 BC
Cassock
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The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical robe used by the clergy and male religious of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, in addition to some cler
Men's skirts
…usually seen as feminine clothing rather than men and boys to wear, despite having done so for centuries. While there are exceptions, most notably the cassock and the kilt, these are not generally considered skirts in the typical sense of fashion wear; rather they are worn as cultural and vocational garments…
First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.
Cardinal Prospero Caterini 1795–1881
During procession the cassock is prescribed for high clergy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone wearing a tropical white cassock trimmed in cardinalatial scarlet in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic