Amelia Bloomer gets the credit, but she and her sister and other friends were not the first to make the bifurcated scene . There were several religious groups who tried a fashion reform as a peculiar identity for their sect as well as diversity clothing. Robert Owen with his group at New Harmony in Indiana was one of these. Also the Graham group wore bifurcated garments as a hygienic improvement. I am remembering that this was probably the origin that the Seneca ladies chose. Lucy Stone wore it for a while but when the costume was getting more attention than the message(Women's Rights), she felt bound to put it aside.
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of R Lloyd Mitchell [rmitch...@washjeff.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:40 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants No one seems to have mentioned bifurcated garments...19th C. review and philosophy of women wearing male garments...including Bible Quotations...Lots of interesting examples there! ________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Rickard, Patty [ricka...@mountunion.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:30 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants I guess I should read all the posts before replying - fun memories. Patty -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Rickard, Patty Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:06 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants And let's not forget clam-diggers - similar to either capri pants or pedal-pushers, also from around the 1950s. Patty -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of aqua...@patriot.net Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants There was a short fad for knickers in the mid to late 1970s for women. Gauchos were another one, loose pants that ended below the knee - sort of like a split skirt. For both, you might wear them with a blouse and matching vest. Culottes were a skirt/shorts combo, just above the knee. They might have a wide leg or a separate panel for the skirt effect. Sporty, I remember my mom wearing them for golfing. Capri pants are high ankle or low calf length, and are currently fashionable, and were various times back as far as the 1950s. I think of Audrey Hepburn in them. Pedal pushers were long-ish shorts, I think just below the knee? But a regular pants width, not flared and not gathered. I remember them from the 1960s, but could be earlier. -Carol > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Sybella <mae...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the '80s people called pants that ended just below the knee >> "knickers." > > Assuming you mean 1980s: I recall "Capri pants" for women,not knickers. > >> Before that, they were "peddle pushers." And I think there's at least >> one other name for them. "Knee highs," maybe? It seems every time >> they come back into fashion, they are called something else. > > Probably, pedal-pushers as that what my mom called the things they > went bicycling in in the 1950s. > > Also, Knickers strikes me as something an early 20th c golfer or > upperclass sport hunter (male) might wear. > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
