The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 88
ecognizedvery much earher that it would be more convenient to separatethe kilt from the upper garment. In fact, if we examine thewoven garments which the Danish chieftain wore under hisdeer-skin cloak, at a time before the use of iron had spread toWestern Europe, we find that round his loins he had… … cloth, so that a garment would be formed which resembledthe lower part of the tubular tunic which played its partin the evolution of the shirt or coat. Such a state of affairs is to be seen in the simple skirt ofthe Danish chieftainess whose bodicewe have already described. (Seepage 14.) Here the…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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