Regency trousers

[Arch]

Well, Regency and a bit later.

I've been watching the latest adaptation of Emma on BBC1 over the last few weeks, and I'm reminded yet again just how sexy I find Regency trousers. I really don't know what it is about them, but men could only wear one sort of trousers ever, it would be those for my choice. Forget Colin Firth's damp shirt, it's the britches that get me....

Am I the only person here to have an historic costume fetish?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I'm going to get some with a chamois for the next time I ride with you Arch

 

[Hilldodger]

Well, Regency and a bit later.

Am I the only person here to have an historic costume fetish?

No!

 

[Arch]

No!

Do tell. What does it for you then? Empire line frocks? Wasp waisted Victorians? Enormous crinolines?

Now, Gerry, there's the drawback, you never get to see a Regency buck riding a bike. Driving a barouche a touch too fast perhaps, but never a bike...

 

[dan_bo]

Regency trousers? Are they a bit like Gangsta Pants?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Do tell. What does it for you then? Empire line frocks? Wasp waisted Victorians? Enormous crinolines?

Now, Gerry, there's the drawback, you never get to see a Regency buck riding a bike. Driving a barouche a touch too fast perhaps, but never a bike...

Well that's my fantasy down the pan then......I can't afford a Wilier Barouche

 

[dan_bo]

Or are a pair of these what you was talking about?

 

[Twenty Inch]

"Regency Trousers" gets 49,900 hits on Google, and this thread is second from top.

 

[Arch]

Regency trousers? Are they a bit like Gangsta Pants?

In a word, no.

Think Greg Wise in Sense and Sensibility

 

[dan_bo]

Think Greg Wise in Sense and Sensibility

I'm trying not to.

 

[Arch]

I'm trying not to.

Sensible, Willoughby was a cad. Alan Rickman was the better man, and won the girl in the end. He also suits the trousers very well.

 

[dellzeqq]

I think, dear Arch, you are labouring under a misconception. Regency trousers are slim in the leg, but voluminous in the belly. Hence the folds of cloth running northwest and northeast from Mr. Wise's (ahem) groin.

Flat stomachs, like those of Mr. Wise, would have been very much the exception at the time - remember Cobbett's description of the perfect breakfast - four pounds of bacon with not a scrap of lean, washed down by four pints of bear. The regency trouser was a means of showing off a man's principal asset - his gut.

And don't forget, Arch, that Mr. Wise has been digitally enhanced. Why, in reality, he is 4ft 11in. and has the most awful double chin!

 

[User169]

- remember Cobbett's description of the perfect breakfast - four pounds of bacon with not a scrap of lean, washed down by four pints of bear. The regency trouser was a means of showing off a man's principal asset - his gut.

Crikey!

 

[dellzeqq]

Crikey!

sorry - this keyboard is driving me ntus. I'm having to go back and forth corrictiong stuff

 

[Arch]

I think, dear Arch, you are labouring under a misconception. Regency trousers are slim in the leg, but voluminous in the belly. Hence the folds of cloth running northwest and northeast from Mr. Wise's (ahem) groin.

Flat stomachs, like those of Mr. Wise, would have been very much the exception at the time - remember Cobbett's description of the perfect breakfast - four pounds of bacon with not a scrap of lean, washed down by four pints of bear. The regency trouser was a means of showing off a man's principal asset - his gut.

And don't forget, Arch, that Mr. Wise has been digitally enhanced. Why, in reality, he is 4ft 11in. and has the most awful double chin!

Frankly, dear Dellzeqq, I'm getting less and less fussy....

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with a bit of flesh on a man. Ok, I'd prefer someone who can see his feet and doesn't have gout...