In frisky knee-length breeches, sunhat and quaint, buckled shoes, she is a delicious example of someone unable to consign herself to the wings.
The doublet had become an elegant hip-length jacket, and the trunk hose were replaced by knee-length breeches tied with a ribbon sash at the knee.
For the men that means lavishly embroidered Lederhosen, short or knee-length breeches made of leather, and for the women a brightly coloured Dirndl consisting of a tight bodice, a blouse with puffy sleeves, a full skirt and an apron.
Its skirt had now been replaced by trunk hose, which were loose mid-thigh-length breeches gathered into a tight waist and thigh bands; decoration was by embroidered strips called panes.
From the time of the French Revolution until well into the 19th century, a man's suit consisted of a short, fitted waistcoat (called a veston in France); below-knee-length breeches or long trousers; and a long outer coat.
He is said to have adapted the long cavalry pantaloons favoured by the 10th Light Dragoons as a replacement for the knee-length breeches and stockings that were then commonplace.
He is a handsome man, sunburned and well groomed, with white teeth and a friendly smile, and he usually wears Western clothes of the Alpine sort — perhaps a bright silk scarf, a gray sweater, knee-length breeches, wool stockings, and thick-soled oxfords.
Learning the number of turns had helped him to gauge the length of the breech plug — which Captain Parsons removed in order to slip in the four silk bags filled with cordite that fired the gun that sent the uranium projectile smashing into its target.
In men's dress the mid-century years represented a transitional period when ribbon and lace ornamentation dominated the whole attire, which consisted of a white shirt, an open, waist-length jacket, and full breeches that resembled a skirt.
Dandy Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840) is credited with creating the modern 3-piece suit with full-length trousers replacing shorter breeches, fitted, tailored clothes, and downplaying flamboyant color in favor of more muted, "masculine" tones.
Two centuries ago, Beau Brummell's 'dandy' look was immediately pounced upon with satire by contemporaries — and yet it is Brummell's vanity which British men have to thank for the move from knee breeches to full length trousers, a hemline development which even the least dandyish would recognise, with the benefit of hindsight, as progress.
