Complex sentence: In the Western world, women have historically preferred dresses and skirt-like garments while men have worn trousers, though women wore trousers and blouses for industrial work and when more casually dressed.
Split into simpler sentences: In the Western world, women have historically preferred dresses and skirt-like garments. However, while men have only worn trousers, women wore trousers and blouses for industrial work and when more casually dressed.