Regency trousers

[Aperitif]

We need a 'post a lycra about the poster above' thread then

 

[Arch]

In the same programme, (Emma) the men also seem to walk like men. I was going to mention this a few weeks ago, when the series first started, but thought it might create the wrong impression.

Now that Arch has started this thread, can I add that the men stride along purposefully and with gusto. Rather than some men who today seem to dawdle along in a very casual manner.

In order to keep Arch and myself happy, which two men are going to learn how to ride a horse? Note I said "men" not "boys".

I think it's to do with the boots. I think you have to stride, in boots. I felt the same in my jodhpurs and half-chaps*.

BTW, I thought Knightely in this Emma was brilliant - not overly brooding or foppishly goodlooking, enough vulnerability to be believable. His "Badly done, Emma!" speech reduced me to jelly....

*Having given up the riding lessons some time back, I recently ditched the jodhpurs and chaps, which smelt rather of horse. I kept the whip though.

 

[ufkacbln]

Lets not forget Ketherine Ferrers!

Female Highway person!

 

[Dayvo]

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

No, definitely not.

I'm quite partial to this, one of the oldest outfits going:

 

[Arch]

No, definitely not.

I'm quite partial to this, one of the oldest outfits going:

One of my colleagues is doing her thesis on the use of, and trade in, fur through time, on the evidence of bones from fur bearing animals found on archaeological sites. She found evidence of possible fox 'farming' (or at least the import of live foxes - they aren't native to Orkney) in Orkney, from the Iron Age, and wrote a paper about it, which got picked up by the Orkney press and then The Times. They interviewed her over the phone, and asked what a suitable picture would be. She suggested an aerial pic of the site in question, or maybe a nice one of a fox.

Guess which picture they used...

 

[Dayvo]

She suggested an aerial pic of the site in question, or maybe a nice one of a fox.

Guess which picture they used...

Er, this one?

 

[Arch]

No...

Eva was mortified at first, her name on a serious article, and a picture of Raquel Welch... Still, she can laugh about it now...

 

[Piemaster]

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.

I think it's to do with the boots. I think you have to stride, in boots. I felt the same in my jodhpurs and half-chaps*.

The clothing fit, the gut, the boots. It is most definitely me in an often worn attire and it suits me so well that other people buy it for me.


Unfortunately its the company boilersuit and safety boots.

 

[dellzeqq]

my case reclines upon the divan....

 

[dellzeqq]

the proceedings of the York Archaeological Society's annual luncheon were brought to a pitch of excitement by the declaration by Mr. Humphrey Snippersnapper that ladies should be admitted to the fold of Archaeology. Those present declared themselves to be outraged by the proposal - why it would only be a matter of time before those of a feminine persuasion took it upon themselves to comment on matters scientific, such as the age of fossils and the antecedents of fur mufflers. The Hon. Jasper Grindlefastener brought the matter to a close with the most memorable of interjections 'if ladies are permitted to comment on matters archaeological it will lead, inexorably, to their being allowed opinions on all matters of judgement - why, even the cut of a chap's trousers might not escape their speculation'.

 

[Arch]

Look, you're not going to put me off. Of course they look better on some people than others, I'm just saying that on the people they look good on, they look better than other types of trouser. IMO.

 

[Auntie Helen]

They weren't all fat, Dell. Some were whizzing about on horses, indulging a spot of fencing or boxing, etc etc.

I'm with Arch - I like a Regency chap (as long as he doesn't have syphilis); I like that they spent a bit of time on looking smart. And it helps if they have a great stately home with servants to do all the dull cleaning etc.

 

[Arch]

They weren't all fat, Dell. Some were whizzing about on horses, indulging a spot of fencing or boxing, etc etc.

I'm with Arch - I like a Regency chap (as long as he doesn't have syphilis); I like that they spent a bit of time on looking smart. And it helps if they have a great stately home with servants to do all the dull cleaning etc.

You are Elizabeth Bennet AICMFP...

 

[dellzeqq]

Miss Bennet's expert eye assessed the trousers worn by Mr. Darcy. Her worst suspicions were confirmed. Elastication!

 

[trustysteed]

oh dear, my wife likes emma. she keeps asking me what i want for xmas. if i don't give her any ideas i may end up with a pair of those.