Interesting Links for 15-07-2012

[andrewducker]

• Supervising Women Workers: United States Office of Education Training Film (1944)
  (tags: video work history women )
• I’ve Never Meta-Pizza I Didn’t Like
  (tags: viaOctopoidHorror food pizza )
• No-fault divorce was staggeringly good for women.
  (tags: women law divorce )
• Q: Why Do We Wear Pants? A: Horses
  (tags: clothes horses )

Comments

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

That pants article was very confusing until I realised they weren't talking about pants.

[andrewducker]

I can see why that would be a problem :->

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Trivia - in the UK, "trousers" is originally mainly a nautical term - they were an item really only worn my sailors - everybody else was in tight breeches (IIRC from at least the Saxons/Vikings onwards legwear was tight and also often bound in, mummy-bandage-style at the lower leg for good measure).

[naath.livejournal.com]

I don't really understand this direction in fashion, because tightly fitted breeches/hose are a REAL PAIN TO FIT. I can't think of any practical reason for such tight fitting that wouldn't also apply to sailors.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it a class thing, where the upper and middle class had the time, energy, and servants to have culottes fitted each day, and the working class were sans-culottes and wore pantalons?