 It displayed men's skirts on mannequins, as if in the window of a department store, in several historical and cross-cultural contexts.The exhibition display pointed out the lack of a "natural link" between an item of clothing and the masculinity or femininity of the wearer, mentioning the kilt as "one of the most potent, versatile, and enduring skirt forms often looked upon by fashion designers as a symbol of a natural, uninhibited, masculinity".It pointed out that fashion designers and male skirt-wearers employ the wearing of skirts for three purposes