Figure 1.-- The legs of these lederhosen are turned up, but they are made by attaching a separate piece of leather the bottom of the leg, this is done so that shiny surface of the leather remains outside.
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Figure 1.-- The legs of these lederhosen are turned up, but they are made by attaching a separate piece of leather the bottom of the leg, this is done so that shiny surface of the leather remains outside. |
A HBC reader reports that among the short lederhosen there is a variant that was very popular: the "sepplhose" with "the lowest part of the short, where it meets the leg, turned around." HBC is not precisely sure what this means, but believes it refers to the cuffs that are often worn lederhosen. We are not precisely sure what the purpose of the cuffs are. Asthe lederhosen are virtually indistructable. The cuffs allow for the boy to grow in that they can be turned down as a boy grows taller. The cuffs can vary substantially. The legs of some lederhosen are turned up, with wither a shinny or unfished surface showing. The shinny surface cuffs are made by attaching a separate piece of leather the bottom of the leg, this is done so that shiny surface of the leather remains outside. Other lederhosen have cuffs that show the inside color of the leather and the side lacing.
A HBC reader reports that among the short lederhosen there is a variant that was very popular: the "sepplhose" with "the lowest part of the shorts, at the hem where it meets the leg, turned around." HBC is not precisely sure what this means, but believes it refers to the cuffs that are often worn lederhosen.
We are not precisely sure what the purpose of the cuffs are. As the lederhosen are virtually indistructable. The cuffs allow for the boy to grow in that they can be turned down as a boy grows taller. This allows a boy to wear lederhosen far longer than most other garments because they virtually never wear out. Thus boys wear lederhosen with both the cuffs turned up or turned down. Normally younger boys wear the cuffs up and older boys who have grown taller are more likrly to wear the cuffs worn down. While this is often primarily a matter of age, some boys may turn them up for stkistic reasons.
The cuffs can vary substantially. The legs of some lederhosen are turned up, with wither a shinny or unfished surface showing. The shinny surface cuffs are made by attaching a separate piece of leather the bottom of the leg, this is done so that shiny surface of the leather remains outside. Other lederhosen have cuffs that show the inside color of the leather and the side lacing.
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