To cuff or not to cuff?
Yo Beau!
What's the deal with cuffed pants on a suit? No one seems to be rocking it these days. Is it some thing I should try?
- Josh H., New York
Cuffed pants have come in and out of style ever since the modern pant was invented. I should know. I invented pants.
Small Excerpt:
Nomadic Eurasian horsemen/women such as the Iranian Scythians, along with Achaemenid Persians were among the first to wear trousers, later introduced to modern Europe via either the Hungarians or Ottoman Turks.[citation needed]
In ancient China, trousers were only worn by cavalry. According to tradition, they were first introduced by King Wu of Zhao in 375 BC, who copied the custom from non-Chinese horsemen on his northern border.
Trousers were introduced into Western European culture at several points in history, but gained their current predominance only in the 16th century.
The word itself is of Gaelic origin, from the Middle Irish word "triubhas" (close-fitting shorts).
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But I say you should always keep an eye on anything that "no one" is doing. It is a sure sign that whatever it is just about to come back into fashion. Tomorrow.
Yours cordially,
