Fustanella

Fustanella () is a pleated, or folded, Greek skirt similar to a Scottish kilt. It is worn by men from different countries in Southeast Europe.
History.
The fustanella originates from a group of ancient Greek garments such as the "chiton" (or tunic) and the "chitonium" (or short military tunic). An ancient Greek statue in Attica shows a stonecutter named Archedemus wearing a folded skirt similar to the fustanella. The ancient Roman toga may have also impacted the development of the fustanella.
In the Byzantine Empire, the fustanella was worn and called the "podea" (). It was commonly used in Greek lands as early as the 12th century AD. In Byzantine art and music, the wearer of the "podea" was either a hero or a Greek warrior defending the empire's borders. The fustanella was part of a military outfit consisting of bows, swords, battle-axes and armor (corselet or chain mail). In the Ottoman Empire, the fustanella was worn by Greek guerillas such as the klephts and the armatoloi. In Albania, the fustanella is first mentioned in 1335 in a list of items taken from a sailor at the port of the Drin River.
The Greek fustanella is different from the Albanian fustanella. The "Bridegroom's coat" is a Greek fustanella with two-hundred pleats that a bride would buy as a wedding gift for her groom. The Albanian fustanella has around sixty pleats or usually a moderate amount of folds.