Oh Trews, where art thou

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Trews... as in military trews, with their high waist and drain pipe legs, or the 18th century kind, skin tight, and made from tartan cut on the bias? Or did you have some sort of knit trews in mind, something akin to the bottom half of a pair of long johns?

[puffer]

Trews... as in military trews, with their high waist and drain pipe legs, or the 18th century kind, skin tight, and made from tartan cut on the bias? Or did you have some sort of knit trews in mind, something akin to the bottom half of a pair of long johns?

GREAT points.

The later date military style are readily available. The 18th centry style can be obtained from period clothing makers ( note these are the same as civilian or military. "trousers" of the period. ( except made of "tartan" material.)

As to the "knit" style, alas, the only sourse I know of is to have them made ???

Puffer,

[piperdbh]

I'd hate to have to knit a pair of trews. That would be a lot of engineering.
I have a pair of Royal Stewart trews. I'll dig them out and see what size they are, and possibly post them here.

[puffer]

Trews... as in military trews, with their high waist and drain pipe legs, or the 18th century kind, skin tight, and made from tartan cut on the bias? Or did you have some sort of knit trews in mind, something akin to the bottom half of a pair of long johns?

GREAT points.

The later date military style are readily available. The 18th centry style can be obtained from period clothing makers ( note these are the same as civilian or military. "trousers" of the period. ( except made of "tartan" material.)

As to the "knit" style, alas, the only sourse I know of is to have them made ???

Puffer,

[Nick the DSM]

Drain pipe legs and skin tight are same aren't they?

I'm looking for the skin tight kind, the ones that the museum sells are the looser ones.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Drain pipe legs and skin tight are same aren't they?

No, not really. Military trews are close fitting, as opposed to skin tight. They aren't as loose fitting as regular trousers, but still provde a fair amount of movement for things like sitting down! Mine are cut full in the seat, with maybe an inch or so spare around the thighs (I have 23 inch thighs and the legs of my trews measure just a tad over 24 inches). The suit trousers that I'm wearing right now have about 5 inches more fabric around the thighs-- my trews are also cut with a high waist and "fishtails" in the back. The trews also have no outside seam on the legs; just a continuous "inseam" reaching from cuff to cuff. Even here the tartan is a near perfect match.

Trews are not the same as tartan trousers, which are usually low waisted and fit like a pair of modern "Dockers".

If by skin tight you mean that the trews should fit like a modern pair of riding britches-- unless they were made out of some sort of "elastic" fabric, I doubt they would be very comfortable. I would also think that they would have a tendency to quickly become baggy at the knees and other stress points where the fabric would be expected to conform to the movements of the body without being excessively restrictive to movement.

[English Bloke]

Send this Ebay Bloke a question and see what he says about what he has or what he can source. He has some nice Kilts too and is a reliable trader by all accounts.

[Nick the DSM]

Well, even if it's a slim fit it would still be close to what I'm going for.

[wvpiper]

I saw a piper competing in trews today-he looked pretty sharp