Kleidung Des 18. Jahrhunderts - Justaucorps, Contouche, Polonaise, Culotte, Kontusz, Fontange, Gilet, Manteau, Jabot, Stecker, Robe L'Anglaise (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Justaucorps, Contouche, Polonaise, Culotte, Kontusz, Fontange, Gilet, Manteau, Jabot, Stecker, Robe L'anglaise, Fichu, Jupe, Schneppe. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The word culottes is of French language origin. Historically, the word "culottes" has always referred to the knee-breeches commonly worn by gentlemen of the European upper-classes from the late Middle Ages or Renaissance through the early 19th century. Culottes were normally closed and fastened about the leg, to the knee, by either buttons, a strap and buckle, or by a draw-string. During the French Revolution (late 18th century), the working-class revolutionaries were known as the "sans-culottes" (literally, "without culottes"), and derived their name from their preference for pantaloons rather than the upper-class culottes. Military uniforms incorporated culottes as a standard uniform article, the lower leg being covered by either stockings, leggings, or knee-high boots. Culottes were a common part of military uniforms during the European war of the eighteenth-century (the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, the Franco-British Colonial Wars, and the American Revolution). The women's fashion industry commonly co-opts words that have historically been used to describe men's garments and uses them to describe an entirely different garment, often creating confusion among historians and those who read history. For example, currently, the term "culottes" in French is now used to describe women's panties, an article of clothing that has little or no relation to the historic culottes. A pair of modern culottes. From the crotch downwards, separate legs can be discerned.Another latter-day use of the word culottes describes a split or divided skirt. During the Victorian Era (mid- to late-nineteenth century) long split skirts were developed for horseback riding so that women could sit astride a man's ...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de