Spanish breeches

Spanish breeches

Spanish breeches are stiff and close-fitting ungathered breeches. They were popular from 1600-1650. In the 1660s petticoat breeches surpassed them in popularity throughout most of Western Europe, but their popularity lingered in Spain until the 1660s.


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