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The Why Factor: Why Do We Wear Skirts?

Why do we wear Skirts?

11/12/2015 GMT

Why Do We Wear Skirts?

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Author Jung Chang explains how the skirt was dangerous during the cultural revolution

The skirt associated with liberation and oppression. The author Jung Chang explains to Mike Williams how the skirt was a dangerous thing to wear during the cultural revolution.

It’s a simple item of dress but one that says much about the societies in which we live.  Mike Williams looks at this most basic form of dress the skirt. A rectangle cloth which throughout centuries has been associated with great meaning including women’s liberation and their oppression, politics & gender.

The programme includes an interview with Jung Chang, author of the bestselling “Wild Swans”, who describes how the skirt was a dangerous thing to wear during the cultural revolution.

Produced by Smita Patel

(Photo: Woman wears a polkadot skirt on a green background. Credit: Shutterstock). Credit: Shutterstock)

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