I'd agree with that, in fact, and add that hoops make a huge difference both to staying cool and to being able to move. As does reducing underwear to the bare minumum (and that can be a literal statement). Should anyone be introducing Victorian-style clothes to some area of their Glorantha...
> If it wasn't for the social taboo against men in skirts I
> reckon they would be quite popular.
Then don't let social taboos stop you. I still think the western world is over-due a big dose of male emancipation.
> I'd agree it isn't something to be physically active in which
> is where a knee length skirt would be better.
Or shorter, yes. Or shorts!
> One thing I've noticed with clothing is that a lot is
> designed to hinder. It seems mostly to be a status thing, to
> show you aren't doing physical work. Which then gets carried
> over to people who are and they have to work round the hinderance.
Very true - that's a lot of the problem with female clothing and other "status" things in particular. Just think about long fingernails!
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