On Monday 24 July 2006 10:46 am, Ed Walton wrote: > Suzi is correct. Those trousers are bogus and relatively modern, > basically combining broadfall front 18th century overalls > (panataloons) with a non-correct lace up front. Probably somebody > made a pair of overalls like this with a broadfall front, but I don't > think I've ever seen them depicted. Before 1800 "trousers" were > mainly worn by ship's crews and were nothing like these, except > possibly for the drawstring. Trousers ended at or right below the > knee and were very wide legged. Roman soldiers and other Europeans > wore very similar type clothing in cold weather in Imperial times. > There may be a continuous link of usage somewhere between 400 AD and > 1500 AD other than at sea, but probably not. Even the sailor > connection may not be unbroken. Also, note the belt loops, a 20th > century development, on the front.
Agreed, with one caveat. Belt loops may not have appeared regularly on men's trousers before the 20th century, but there is at least one archaeological find that appears to have them--the trousers in the Thorsberg find, dated to approximately the 3rd-4th century A.D. http://slumberland.org/moodle/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=582 -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
