IIRC, the Italians wore their breeches lower than the English did, and their doublets correspondingly longer (early-mid-1500s). I have no examples at hand, not that I can include an attachment here, but check it out.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Tiberius Clausewitz <[email protected] > wrote: > > Some pages giving advice on Renaissance historical costuming--like one of > Kimiko's pages on costume myths ( > http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/CostumeMythsWS/myth04.html )--take > great pains to show that Renaissance breeches were worn on the waist rather > than slung low on the hips. Of course I'm convinced because I've never seen > an actual historical example or illustration of a "sagging" fit, not to > mention that I (perhaps rather unusually for men in their twenties) always > wear my modern trousers on the waist. But now I'm curious about how the > wrong "sagging" fit would look on reproductions of Renaissance breeches, > because I've never seen it in person either; so can anybody refer me to a > photograph or illustration that shows such a fit? > > Thanks beforehand for any answers--or none. I know it's not exactly the > kind of thing that a good costumer would like to document. > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- Blank paper is God's way of saying it ain't so easy being God. -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
