Skirt

A skirt is an outerwear garment having the general shape of a cylinder, open at both ends and tapered (thus, like a tube or truncated cone). It is fastened about the waist of the wearer and hangs down covering and encircling both legs simultaneously. Within this description, the skirt can be made of a wide variety of fabrics, and can assume as wide a variety of silhouettes and lengths.

Pleats or darts are sometimes sewn into the fabric not only to provide the necessary tapering from hem to waist but also to change the look or ease of movement.

Conventionally only women wear it. However, a similar dress kilt is worn by Scottish and Celtic men.