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Started 11 years ago by TwoWheels
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TwoWheels
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Holy cow, I hope I got the wording right. The US/UK differences in clothing nomenclature have led me down some wonderfully embarrassing paths.

So anyway, what I'm looking for is a pair of wool 3/4 trousers (what we call knickers), suitable for chilly riding and cross-country skiing.

They seem to be an extinct species in my country. I was wondering if any of you knew of a place in the uk where I might satisfy my strange sartorial passions (I'm also looking for a kilt, but that's a different story...)

Posted 11 years ago #
Pocopiglet
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We call them plus fours ( going to 4 inches below the knee). There is also a species called Plus Twos.Quite a few places come up when you google it, in fact there's a US site called Golfknickers!

Is that the sort of thing you're thinking about, or have I got my wires crossed?

Posted 11 years ago #
stiltskin
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3/4 tights?

Posted 11 years ago #
TwoWheels
Member

Ah, thank you! Yes, plus twos are what I'm looking for, they're a little less fuller cut than the plus fours.

Good lord, why can't you guys speak normal English?

...I'll just see myself out...

Posted 11 years ago #
Uberuce
Member

I believe you meant to say "I'll get me coat", but the sentiment is much the same.

I really should cross a personal rubicon and start sawing the quarterbottom off many of my trousers. They spend all day rolled up and only unfurl their leaves to receive the light of the washingmachinesun.

Posted 11 years ago #
TwoWheels
Member

Wait! Breeks! That's what I need! Breeks!

Posted 11 years ago #
SRD
Moderator

When I was a kid, you could always spot the ~~twits~~ Brits because they wore woolen knickers. But then it was the 80s and they were even in style fr a bit. Not for sports though.

Posted 11 years ago #
Pocopiglet
Member

'ems the very dab! Breeks....we'll have you fluent in a wee while.

Posted 11 years ago #
wee folding bike
Member

Up till about 2006 you would have got Hebden Cords.

Possibly this can sort out what you need:

https://www.spencers-trousers.com/plus_fours.php

They're not cheap.

Posted 11 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

I seem to remember that in the 80s I was the very proud owner of a pair of burgundy pedalpushers. I have only just made the connection with cycling now, but they buttoned under the knee.

In the interests of full disclosure I also had an asymmetric jumper and (briefly) a Lady Di haircut.

Posted 11 years ago #
wee folding bike
Member

Lacey gloves and a rah rah? Possibly looking like a third member of Strawberry Switchblade?

Posted 11 years ago #
wee folding bike
Member

Ohh… and here they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=x7QPBzAJ_io

Posted 11 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

No lacy gloves. Not admitting to the rah rah...

Probably more Human League than Strawberry Switchblade if I'm honest

Posted 11 years ago #
TwoWheels
Member

That's what I love about this place. I came looking for fashion advice, and not only received it, but also a free tutorial in Scottish slang and a whirlwind tour of some fantastically bad 80s music.

Posted 11 years ago #
Nelly
Member

Strawberry Switchblade - loved them (not musically, but were very like a pair of bonkers goth twins at my school!) Great times, check their wiki page - referencing bill drummond, dave balfe, will sergeant.

Posted 11 years ago #
Arellcat
Moderator

Strawberry Switchbade? Sounds like Tiffany to me.

I didn't have lacey gloves or a rah rah skirt. I was too busy straddling the line between goth and hippy, and generally failing to do either convincingly.

Were breeks actually the Scottish equivalent of plus-fours? Admittedly my education of the vernacular was supplied in quantity by The Broons in which Paw referred to his trousers as his guid breeks.

Where's Ruggtomcat when you need him? Pretty sure he's no stranger to them.

Posted 11 years ago #
wee folding bike
Member

Looked much the same then as now… more hair then. I've not lost follicles but it's not waist length anymore.

Posted 11 years ago #
Arellcat
Moderator

This thread is ~~useless~~ probably better without pictures.

Posted 11 years ago #
Pocopiglet
Member

TwoWheels, t'internet is fair heaving with sites selling breeks (general term for shooting/hunting plusfours/twos outwith Scotland). There is a Barbour shop in Edinburgh so I'm sure they'd happy to get a pair in for you to try (expensive though). The following have some at more reasonable prices, particularly the Musto ones, though I have NO idea what drop lined means!

http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/?template=search&search_term=Breeks

Posted 11 years ago #
Arellcat
Moderator

Poco, I think drop lined means the liner fabric (like the mesh in Goretex jackets) is only sewn to the outer at the seams, and is free to move otherwise. My motorbike leathers are made like that too.

Posted 11 years ago #
DaveC
Member

SRD said When I was a kid.... in... the 80s

Aye right, and the rest... ;-)

I'l grab my coat....

Posted 11 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

Hmm interesting. It's almost impossible to find women's trousers that sit on the waist these days - unless you go to the shooting outfitters. I already mostly wear moleskin trousers from Hoggs of Fife but these look almost designed for cold wet winter cycling:

http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/shop/ty_275-breeks,-trousers,-leggings/9349-seeland-glensbury-lady-trousers.html

wind & waterproof, velcro leg closure - I wonder how sweaty they'd be?

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