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The skirt was the first piece of clothing created by mankind and it is still popular today. A staple item in any women’s wardrobe, the skirt first appeared during the Stone Age when it was worn by both men and women as a means of protecting their private parts. According to anthropologists, the garments were initially made from animal skins and sewn with bone needles. Like humanity itself, the skirt evolved, and, from the Middle Ages onwards, became an almost exclusively female item of clothing. In the early twentieth century, skirts were long, waisted and bulky. By the end of World War I (19141919), voluminous skirts were replaced by slimmer models; they were still long and the waist was now around the hips. In the 1920s, the revolutionary designer Coco Chanel launched shorter skirt designs. They were now mid-calf length, and thus was created the versatile midi skirt.
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