Evolutionary biologist tackles question of trousers

**josephkirkpatrick** · 15th July 12, 05:40 AM

I'm going to say climbing harnesses..... yup, definitely that. Pants were totally invented in the 1980s, right?

**Joe I** · 15th July 12, 02:54 PM

I don't know that this is true, but it sounds logical. And will be used when I argue w/ my daughter that laughs at me for wearing the kilt!

**Woodsheal** · 16th July 12, 03:39 PM

To horseback riding, I would add the need for warmth to trouser development. Haven't the Inuit/Eskimos always worn trousers of sealskins and other fur-on hides?

**dea3369** · 16th July 12, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by pugcasso

Imagine that... a world of non-pants wearers pointing at the one guy wearing pants wondering 'what the heck is he wearing'

Actually, I believe they'd be more generous than that. They'd give a thumbs up and say, "Nice pants!" Unfortunately, the Walmart MUG-wearers would still say, "You pre-vert! Get real and find yoself some non-pants." The question is whether the female twenty-somethings would swoon over the non-swish.

**Elf** · 16th July 12, 07:47 PM

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

**Deirachel** · 16th July 12, 09:45 PM

I feel vindicated. I expressed just this opinion in the Advise forum in the Horseback riding thread a few weeks ago.

**Pleater** · 17th July 12, 09:35 AM

I have no difficulty in riding a bicycle when wearing a reverse Kingussie kilt, and could probably manage a horse with saddle/stirrups in the same way, sitting on the inverted pleat - but I would not ride for any length of time, I think.
When doing a lot of cycling I wear cycling shorts under my kilt - putting them on causes many eyes on stalks reactions - they are meant to be outer wear and visible, after all. Maybe it is the way the pleats shimmy which sets them all aflutter.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: