30's Style tweed pants

[Bruce Wayne]

Would external cuffs be propper?

Thanx!!!
Charlie

 

[Mario]

Beg yer pardon?

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Did you mean to say external braces buttons?

Would external cuffs be propper?

Thanx!!!
Charlie

 

[Bruce Wayne]

No. I meant external cuffs at the bottom of the leg openings.

 

[Rudie]

What do you mean by "external cuffs"?

 

[Feraud]

I think he simply means "cuffs". To say external would be a bit of a misnomer due to there not being any internal cuffs.

 

[Nick D]

To which the answer is of course.

 

[herringbonekid]

yes, cuffs would be correct for a 30s style tweed trouser.

 

[Mario]

I think he simply means "cuffs". To say external would be a bit of a misnomer due to there not being any internal cuffs.

Which is exactly what left me wondering.

And yes, cuffs on 30's style tweed pants would not only be correct but almost mandatory, but I think this has become clear by now.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

My apologizes for condusing all of you.

Thanx!!!
Charlie

 

[filfoster]

I think he simply means "cuffs". To say external would be a bit of a misnomer due to there not being any internal cuffs.

Not so fast....this idea of 'internal cuffs' is intriguing. How fashion forward would that be?

 

[Mario]

Not so fast....this idea of 'internal cuffs' is intriguing. How fashion forward would that be?

"Hi angel, wanna see my cuffs?"

 

[HodgePodge]

Not so fast....this idea of 'internal cuffs' is intriguing. How fashion forward would that be?

Hah, instead of non-functional details like cuff buttons that don't unbutton, pocket flaps that don't conceal pockets, or epaulettes that don't button down, we can have invisible details, i.e. turn-up cuffs where nobody can see them.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

For the record

Trousers finished by turning the excess length inside the leg and stitching are said to be "hemmed". When you turn the excess outside the leg and stitch them into a fold, they are said to be "cuffed".

There is a hilarious (if you are a clothes geek) scene in the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie (Swing Time, if I remember correctly) where early in the film, Fred is getting dressed to go to his wedding with a woman who isn't Ginger (he meets her later). The other members of his vaudeville troupe and their manager, having failed to dissuade him cook up an instant gag to sabotage the wedding.

One of the performers sees a magazine open to a page with an advertisement showing a man in a tuxedo. The conniver draws cuffs on the trousers and tells all the others to laugh when Fred re-enters the room. They just about fall down laughing while looking at Fred's trou. When he asks them what's so funny, they can barely gasp out "No cuffs!"

"Oh, who ever heard of cuffs on a tuxedo?", Fred scoffs. They persist nonetheless, and eventually convince him to go to a tailor shop and have the pants cuffed. The tailor thinks Fred is crazy, but eventually cuffs the pants. Needless to day, Fred is late for his wedding and the event is called off.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thank you KN for clairifying the difference between cuffs & hemmed.

Thanx!!!
Charlie