“Knickerbockers are a form of men’s or boys’ baggy knee-length trousers that were popular in the early 20th-century United States. Golfers’ plus-twos and plus-fours are the breeches that were also fastened below the knees but weren’t baggy. Before World War II, skiers often wore knickerbockers too, usually ankle-length.” [1] These types of trousers were often common in the early periods of the 20th century among golfers and youngsters (mostly newsies), especially in Europe. Around the 1980s, although it was amongst the “preppy” fashions, it started to die down. The question remains though is, should we bring back knickerbockers?
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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.
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