Trousers

Trousers are a garment covering each leg separately, worn from the waist or hips to the ankles.

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Waistband: A band of fabric that finishes and supports the waist edge of a garment. It anchors trousers at the waist and may hold closures or belt loops.
Pattern (sewing): A template used to cut fabric pieces for making a garment. Trouser patterns shape the waist, seat, crotch, and legs before assembly.
Ancient trousers: Leg-covering garments worn in antiquity, especially among peoples who rode or lived in colder regions. Early surviving examples show trousers’ long association with riding and mobility.
Jeans: Trousers traditionally made from denim or dungaree cloth. Jeans show how durable workwear became a widespread everyday style.
Shorts: A garment covering the waist and upper legs, with separate openings for each leg. Shorts share trousers’ divided-leg construction but end above the ankles.
Crotch seam: A seam joining garment pieces at the junction of the legs. Its construction affects movement, durability, and fit through the seat.
Dart (sewing): A folded and stitched fabric wedge that shapes a garment to the body. Darts remove excess cloth to contour trousers around the waist and seat.
Scythians: Ancient Iranian-speaking nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppe. Greek accounts associated Scythian dress with trousers suited to horseback life.
Chinos: Trousers made from cotton twill, often in a plain, lightweight construction. Their military and casual uses illustrate trousers’ adaptation to varied settings.
Skirt: A garment hanging from the waist or hips and covering part or all of the legs without separate leg sections. A skirt covers the legs as one opening rather than enclosing each leg separately.