Wrap skirt
A wrap skirt (also a half skirt , in Austrian also the lap ) is a skirt consisting of a simple length of fabric, the edges of which are heavily covered and which is made by turning or rolling the upper edge, by buttons or by clasp , knot, ribbon, strap, Clamps or today is held by a Velcro fastener .
history
This simplest form of a skirt is documented from the earliest times. Already in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC BC men - and very probably women too - wore wrap- around skirts made of woolen villi sewn together in tiers or of woolen material ending in fringes or loops ( kaunakes ); the upper body mostly remained unclothed in warmer regions. Woolen wraparound skirts are also documented as part of Bronze Age clothing in both men (e.g. man from Emmer-Erfscheidenveen ) and women (e.g. girls from Egtved ).
distribution
The wrap skirt is used worldwide as part of ethnic costumes that are best known
- the sari in India,
- the Scottish kilt , which, in contrast to the simple, unsewn wrap skirt, is partially sewn on the waistband,
- the pareo in Tahiti , which is worn by men, similar to the lava-lava in Polynesia and the sarong in South Asia,
- the Longyi in Myanmar (the former Burma ), called Paso for men and Thamein for women ,
- the lungi in India , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and Myanmar ,
- the wouzar as part of the male underwear in Arab countries,
- the Teri with the women of the Tuareg ,
- wrap skirts worn by women as part of the Albanian costume and
- the Pai on the islands of Föhr, Amrum and the Halligen .
In the newer western fashion, wrap skirts appear, for example, in women's beach and leisure wear.
literature
- Ingrid Loschek : Reclam's fashion and costume lexicon. 5th, exp. Ed., Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3 , p. 503