What Do You Mean Those are Knickerbockers?
Sometimes I just love talking to my grams. She has colorful language that I always leaves me scratching my head and with a smile on my face. Being raised in Texas, sometimes she is difficult to understand because she has such a thick southern accent, but that is half the fun!
We were discussing a picture she sent me, and she was commenting on how she wasn’t found of how those “knickerbockers” fit. Now, I looked at the picture one way and the other, and went “those are knickerbockers?”
Well, there are a few various styles of pants these days. Usually, there is just a slight variation in the design. Here is what I have learned since then – and with some research – on some of the various types of “pants” popular today.
Carpenter Pants – Carpenter pants are trousers of full length with extra pockets along the side so, traditionally, carpenters could carry a few extra tools in those pockets.
Dungarees – Dungaree is more a material that a style, but some people call dungarees overalls. Dungaree has a lot of twill in it and is about as hearty as denim.
Breeches – Breeches are trousers or pants that end above the knee, but do not qualify as shorts. I think some breeches are bunched and banded above the knee.
Capri Pants – Capri pants are about three quarters of the length of regular trousers ending mid calf.
Knickerbockers – Knickerbockers are knee-length, and are gathered and banded slightly below the knee. Traditionally worn by men, these were one of the first pants worn by women long ago.
This has definitely been an eye opener for me. I never knew “those” were knickerbockers… but now I do. And yes, my grams looked adorable in her youth in her favorite knickerbockers.
What style of trousers are your favorite? How do those differ from generations past and future?
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