A reader commenting on today's post that featured the gentleman's velvet breeches asked: "Everyone always wants to know where the pockets were in the garments. I have had people argue vehemently that there are no pockets in breeches."
Where are the pockets? They're on the front of the breeches, never on the back. On the pair of replica breeches, above left, there is the front flap or fall, with buttons on the corners of the fall. On either side of the fall are button-through points, and the pockets are below that.
Mark says that he's also seen a long, narrow pocket along one side seam called a purse pocket, with another button flap for security. For comparison, the boy's breeches, right, don't have pockets.
One of us -- 
3 comments:
I loved this post. Those photos are great.
I wrote a piece about the banyan a few weeks ago and have decided that some of the garments they wore in the 18th century were so much more fun than the ones we wear today.
Thanks, Leah Marie!
We've covered banyans, too. I agree - it's definitely a lot more fun to dress like an 18th c. gentleman.
http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2010/06/gentlemen-at-leisure-banyans.html
Heck! I think, minus the lice and vermin attracting powdered wig, I would have enjoyed dressing in 18th c. female garb (:::she writes, while sitting in her Abercrombie sweats:::).
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