Skirting the past
4000BC–400BC: The loincloth was the first garment mankind learnt to string together, but the skirt comes a close second; the oldest surviving skirt dates back to 3900BC. Its invention marked a shift to a more cultivated time for both men and women, with skirts seen throughout the history books of various ancient civilisations.
In medieval times, when gowns reigned supreme, gathered skirts were laced
