
The breeches were normally closed and fastened about the leg, along its open seams at varied lengths, and to the knee, by either buttons or by a draw-string, or by one or more straps and buckle or brooches. As traditional Culotte it belonged to the general and courtly garb of the 16th and 17th centuries. Formerly a standard item of Western men's clothing, they had fallen out of use by the mid 19th century in favour of trousers.
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