They didn't think it was "Lady like" to expose your legs like women do today wearing pants, skirts, or shorts.
The reason woman wear skirts and dresses is because that is the way God attended us to dress.
There were no medieval parsons. The clergy of the time were Catholic and dressed as priests or monks.
Girls wore long dresses from their necks to their ankles Boys wore leather boots, big heavy jackets and had tights on
the woman wear flapper dresses and the men were hipis
Mojave Indian woman usally wear gowns or dresses. Mojave Men wear a top and some times scorts. The kids ages 3-12 wear nothing. Babies wear old blankets sewed at the bottom and sides.
it does depend on the type of the dress, and the weather. I certanly wouldn't wear a dress in the middle of winter. But i would in the summer. Overall, i too like to wear dresses.
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they where robes
robes
Yes, women were expected to wear dresses for most of the 20th C. Katherine Hepburn popularized trousers for women, but, until the 1970s, dresses were the preferred outfit for a woman.
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