Male legware can be divided into a number of categories:
- Main garments such as breeches and tights: Volumes 15 and 16
- Overbreeches and Underwear: Volume 17
- Stockings and Garters: Volume 18
Male legware is one of the most complex subjects especially in the area of terminology. This volume and the next examines the various terms and images for common men's main legwear garments, their materials, colours and construction details and as far as possible links words and images for the many styles found.
Chapter | Title | Page |
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Introduction | ||
Attachment | 3 | |
Hose Construction | 4 | |
Hose Materials | 10 | |
Hose Colours | 14 | |
Early Elizabethan Hose Styles | 16 | |
Men in Tights | 16 | |
Stocks | 20 | |
Chav Breeches | 25 | |
Slops | 28 | |
Later Elizabethan Hose Styles | 30 | |
Round Hose | 30 | |
French Hose | 34 | |
Gallygaskins and Early Deflater Hose | 38 | |
Venetians | 41 | |
Later Deflater Hose | 50 | |
Trunk Hose | 51 | |
Hose, Stocks and Breeches nomenclature | 52 | |
Breeches | 54 | |
Breeches Material | 55 | |
Breeches Colours | 59 |
Breeches are continued in volume 16 which also contains all reproductions and patterns for the various varieties of breeches and hose.
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