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A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.
Skirt
Sumerian man wearing a kaunakes, c. 3000 BC
Statue of Ramaat, an official from Giza wearing a pleated Egyptian kilt, c. 2250 BC
Drawing of a girl's skirt made of wool yarn found in a Bronze Age tomb in Borum Eshøj, Denmark
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A dress is a garment traditionally worn by women or girls consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice. It consists of a top piece that covers the torso and hangs down over the legs. A dress can be any one-piece garment containing a skirt of any length, and can be formal or casual.
Illustration of 18th century French women
Empire dress, 1800–1805, cotton and linen, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
French afternoon dress, circa 1903, cotton and silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Dresses in the 1930s.