Breeches
Knee-length trousers of the aristocratic gentleman
Names in Other Languages
브리치스한국어Breeches · 무릎 길이의 귀족 남성 바지
ブリーチズ日本語膝丈の貴族男性用ズボン
及膝褲繁體中文貴族男性的膝長褲裝
KniebundhoseDeutschKnielange Hose des adligen Herrn
CulotteFrançaisPantalon aux genoux du gentilhomme aristocrate
CalzónEspañolPantalón hasta la rodilla del caballero aristocrático
CalçãoPortuguêsCalça até o joelho do cavalheiro aristocrático
PumpyPolskiSpodnie do kolan arystokratycznego dżentelmena
БриджиРусскийБрюки до колен аристократического джентльмена
Breeches were knee-length trousers worn by European men from the 16th through 19th centuries, fastened below the knee with buttons or buckles and paired with silk stockings. As the successor to medieval hose, they became a powerful symbol of aristocratic status — so much so that French revolutionaries called themselves "sans-culottes" (without breeches) to mark their rejection of the upper class. Though displaced by full-length trousers in the 19th century, breeches survive today in equestrian and ceremonial court dress.
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