In a message dated 26/06/2007 19:01:22 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"What do you call those sort of bloomers that men wore with hose in the 16th c in France. They are rounded in outline, striped, come to about mid thigh." probably already been answered, but could be one of two items. plunderhosen (or pluderhosen) are the ones with trips, but they're longer - usually just above or below the knee. trunkhosen are the short ones often seen with canions and hosen, but the apparent stripes that you see in picures are more likely to be depicting the massive amounts of pleating _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
