Oxford Bags

[Powerhouse]

NOW THOSE LOOK SWELL....There's nothing like the real thing! Hopefully someone will repro those...cost would be up there though...around $200 a pair probably. If I can find a snapshot of myself wearing my "Old Bags" I'll post it...allthough, it might be a wierd shot.

 

[Powerhouse]

WELL...this pic isn't even worth posting..but here it is. I blurred the image to protect the innocent.

 

[thunderw21]

Another ad, from 1942-1943 bargain catalog.

 

[resortes805]

Hopefully someone will repro those...cost would be up there though...around $200 a pair probably.

Actually these are repros! I have two original pairs, which will never fit so I had to have some made.

 

[PADDY]

MORE info on those beauts Resorte please.

Damn fine bags!! where did you get them made? what size are they (can you measure them so that we can get some sizing on them please?).

You look GREAT IN THEM!!:eusa_clap

 

[Feraud]

Has anyone used this company for Oxford repros?

http://www.murrayonhawaii.com/nolan/index.html
The pants price is $100 usd plus fabric and shipping.

Oxford Baggies originated on the campus of Oxford University, England, during the summer of 1925. The full cut of these pants and cuff with a circumference of 22 inches allowed students to easily slip them on over their beloved knickers, which had been banned by the University. Unlike the ZOOT SUITS above Oxford Baggies were more socially accepted and worn by the masses.

 

[Warbaby]

Here's an early 20s John Held drawing of Oxford Bags:

 

[Mario]

How the Oxford Bags Riots started...

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[Tomasso]

 

[Qirrel]

How the Oxford Bags Riots started...

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Those are closer to a hakama than a pair of trousers!

 

[Mario]

All he needs now is a katana...

 

[Tomasso]

In denim for women......

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

I don't think they are Oxford bags, more like "Loon Pants" from the very early 1970's which were an exaggerated 'Bell Bottom" trouser

http://www.websters-dictionary-online.net/definitions/Bell-bottoms

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I don't think they are Oxford bags, more like "Loon Pants" from the very early 1970's which were an exaggerated 'Bell Bottom" trouser

http://www.websters-dictionary-online.net/definitions/Bell-bottoms

In South America, they were called "Elephant Leg" pants.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

I only remember they were Treacherous to walk in especially wearing Cork heeled platform Clogs!

 

[resortes805]

Perusing youtube, I found this old footage....check out the trousers on the kid with the tucked in sweater vest!
[video=youtube;_Ap9sNjz8L0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ap9sNjz8L0[/video]

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Great clip. The trousers are cool to. But are the oxford bags already? How tight or loose are oxford bags at the hips?

 

[resortes805]

Great clip. The trousers are cool to. But are the oxford bags already? How tight or loose are oxford bags at the hips?

Nope, they are plain' ol American collegiate trousers!

 

[herringbonekid]

How tight or loose are oxford bags at the hips?

this loose:

photos from Alan Flusser's 'dressing the man'.
the one below appears to show the real deal in their place of origin, where they were supposedly invented to hide plus fours which weren't allowed in class:

are they wearing plus fours under there ? hard to tell but i suspect not. i'll bet the Oxford Bag was simply a campus craze that got out of hand. you'll notice that the 3 pairs nearest to camera appear to be made out of a tufty fleece fabric !

 

[Two Types]

you'll notice that the 3 pairs nearest to camera appear to be made out of a tufty fleece fabric !

I like the top photo: to me that represents 'Oxford Bags' as one envisages them. However, too often they are shown in photographs that were just press gimmicks (i.e. ludicrously wide trousers made entirely to sell a lighthearted photo to newspapers).

The 'tufty' fabric is interesting. To me (and this is nothing more than a guess) it would seem they are made from a cheap woolen facric that has not stood up well to daily wear. That would fit in with the notion of a group of students asking a tailor to make what were only ever intended to be cheap 'overtrousers' for occasional use, rather than everyday wear.

I always find the history of 'Oxford Bags' interesting, simply because they had an incredible impact on mens fashions and influenced male clothing for many years after. And yet one seldom sees any genuine photographs of them. Even on the recent television programme (Britains Best Young Tailor - or whatever it was called) Oxford Bags were represented by American 'collegiate pants' and a pair of comedy '40 inchers'. And the tailors in question had no idea of how to construct a pair.