Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/01/2006 05:36 >>> wrote: >For men, toileting is done differently from women at least half the time, >which changes the mechanical considerations. It's interesting to note that >in tunic-wearing periods, men often had shorter garments than women did, >which would mean less bulk to lift out of the way. Of course there were >many influences on style besides anatomical ones, but this issue may have >been one factor in the gender differences in hem length. And as someone >else has noted, braies/breeches/drawers were not universal on men even in >these periods. It's quite possible, too, that men found it equally useful >to go without underwear under long, full robes like houppelandes. Apropos of that, I noticed that in the TV series "Rome", which has recently ended in the UK, the soldiers wore thigh-length "shorts" under their tunics. I thought I had read that these were only worn when campaigning in cold climates? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
