18 and 19 centuries, did women in those European countries really only wear skirts without trousers?
Wearing skirts is an ancient dress custom for European women, just like we men wore robes in ancient times. In continental Europe, it has been a long and cold winter. Women usually wear trousers, elbow skirts supported by steel frames, and ordinary women wear narrow skirts of ordinary linen or cotton cloth. When sitting and doing things, they will lift their skirts slightly from both sides to the middle.