If you’re here, you clearly haven’t cracked the code yet. The answer is skirt, the humble dress that is usually wrapped and comes in different shapes and forms, but is easy to spot across every continent on planet Earth. Interestingly, the first proper fabric-based skirts were apparently styled for Egyptian men (via State University of New York), while women wore long robes. It looks like Brad Pitt wanted to pay homage to that piece of history when he arrived on the red carpet of his action flick “Bullet Train” wearing a skirt. He defended his fashion choice by arguing that “We’re all going to die, so let’s mess it up,” according to Variety.
The length of the skirt changed over time, but it was the 20th century when its popularity exploded among women, according to Fashion Gone Rogue, as variations like maxi skirt, tencel skirt, midi skirt, and pencil skirt hit shelves. Digging a bit into the etymological side of things, the word skirt is said to be a derivative of the Old English term “skirt” and the Old Norse word “skyrta” (via Etymonline). A famous quote about skirts comes from Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, who is quoted as having said, “Don’t let anyone make you believe the length of your skirt is a measure of your character.”
