Certainly breeches is the correct term for the garments worn as part of British court dress during the Victorian era. I'm not sure what the lower garment of a Norfolk suit is called, though. A random advertisement from 1905 refers to hunting breeches, but that's all a quick search turned up.
-- Chris Bertani www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:48 AM, <cc2010m...@cs.com> wrote: > Hello, > Last Sunday, a friend came to a Steampunk St. Patty's Day party > sporting knickers. I am in the habit of calling them knee-breeches from my Rev > War days. > Is knickers the correct term for men's knee breeches in Victorian > times? > Henry Osier > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
