The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 118
ng its inhabitants ofwearing braccse or breeches. In our own countrytrousers were in vogue before the advent of theRoman conquerors, and though for a time the dresspf the invaders was adopted by those who followed PETTICOATS AND TROUSERS 79 their fashions, we find that in the time of the Saxonsand… … Fig. 80.—A Saxon military man wearing wide trousers (from theHarleian MS., No. 603, after Fairholt). have been many different styles even in those earlydays. During the course of our history, long trouserswent out of fashion for a very considerable period,though knee-breeches of various kinds…
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