Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 64
36 ENGLISH COSTUME the overcoats were sleeveless. Beneath thesegarments the trunks were worn—loose littlebreeches, which, in the German style, werebagged, puffed, rolled, and slashed in infinitevarieties. Let it be noticed that the cutting ofslashes was hardly ever a straight slit, but in the … curve of an elongated S or a double S curve.Other slashes were squared top and bottom. All men wore tight hose, in some cases puffedat the knee; in fact, the bagging, sagging, andslashing of hose suggested the separate breechesor trunks of hose. The shoes were very broad, and were sometimesstuffed…
Costume -- Great Britain
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