Garters are these little bands that people wore on their legs. And indeed, the very purpose of a garter was to keep hold of long stockings at the stocking’s exact length of up to where it stops at the wearer’s leg.
Around the 18th century, most men wore these garters to keep the long white stockings they wore underneath their pants to keep the stockings at the designated height, above their knees, while the breeches they wore above that part of their legs went down to below their knees, fastened with buttons.
Below this photograph is a list of pages to explain the history of garters.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter#History
- https://thegartergirl.com/blogs/the-garter-girls-blog/history-wedding-garter-tradition
- https://www.brides.com/story/wedding-garter-traditions-old-and-new
- https://www.gosfield-hall.co.uk/blog/wedding-garter-history/
- https://www.theknot.com/content/wedding-garter-tradition
- https://www.rd.com/article/wedding-garter-tradition/
- https://www.myweddingsongs.com/weddingblog/history-wedding-garter/
- https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/history-of-the-wedding-garter-tradition.htm
- http://weddingsspirit.com/wedding-garters-history-and-tradition/
- https://www.unpublishedarticles.com/the-history-of-garters/
- http://www.bridebox.com/blog/everything-need-know-wedding-garter/
- https://news.yahoo.com/history-garter-toss-surprisingly-disturbing-192226514.html
- https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1495
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeve_garter
- https://ezinearticles.com/?Sleeve-Garters—The-History-and-Future-of-a-Classic-Mens-Fashion-Accessory&id=4413681
- https://fashionista.com/2014/02/sleeve-garters-the-19th-century-menswear-trend-resurrected-by-david-beckham
- https://www.historicalemporium.com/top-ten.php?type=Sleeve+Garters&cat=Mens+Accessories&theme=
- http://images.ourontario.ca/NorthofHuron/124163/data