taksez:history-of-fashion:1741-1745 Georg Christoph Grooth - Portrait of Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov(Ni
taksez:history-of-fashion:1741-1745 Georg Christoph Grooth - Portrait of Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov(Nizhniy Tagil Museum-Preserve «Mining and Work Ural»)What is going on with his breeches?His breeches are barely visible, and I don’t think anything unusual is going on with them, but his waistcoat is trimmed with some kind of fringe along the bottom edge. A somewhat odd looking fashion choice, but I’ve found 21 examples since noticing it was a thing a couple of years ago. Here are a few portraits where you can see it more clearly:Unknown man by Joseph Highmore, 1747.Unknown man by Alexis Simon Belle, 1712.A Graduate of Merton College, Attributed to George Knapton, c. 1754-5. -- source link
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