Under trousers and over trousers
Women also wore the naatsit, the pair of short breeches. Over these they wore a small pair of over trousers, much shorter than the man's. Between boots and trousers the thighs were partly uncovered.

Detail of a photograph of a woman from East Greenland, showing her partly exposed thigh. (Photo: Nationaalmuseet Copenhagen, 1906)

The bare parts of women's thighs often had a darker colouration than the rest of their bodies, resulting from light frostbite and from sunlight. Fortunately, women spent most of their time indoors, sitting on the house platform. The design for this short pair of women's trousers consequently appears to owe something both to fashion and to practical adaptation to conditions. ^[22]

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