Putting to one side the fact that it's the most absurd and unmanly garment,

[Sir C]

Possibly, but I think that still misses the larger point of perineal chafing.

I think such garments are fine on young ladies, of course. They like a ludicrously impractical garment, the birds do.

One cannot stand in the way of progress, b.

In the 17th century you'd have been dismissing trousers as no substitute for doublet and hose.