Speaking of pockets, does anyone know when the inside breast pockets seen on men's jackets/coats were first introduced?
Regards, -- Chris Bertani www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 13:38, otsisto <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if pockets were not earlier as you can find on some 14th century > outer garments with slits on the sides, sometimes embroidered. I was once > told that they were for warming the hands but because of the cuffs that > extended on some of the garments I am inclined to believe that the slits > were for access to something under the outer garment. > > De > > -----Original Message----- > Well, they were in use in the 16th century, I can't remember the > exact reference off the top of my head but there is a court mention > of Anne Boleyn using pockets but it is the only one I know of, of > women in England using them that early. Might have been part of her > trial? Sorry, my memory is going. > > Cheers, > Danielle > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
