Or, the more things change, the more they remain the same, as William Harrison testifies from the Elizabethan vantage point of 1577:
The phantastical folly of our nation (even from the courtier to the carter) is such that no form of apparel liketh us longer than the first garment is in the wearing, if it continue so long, and be not laid aside to receive some other trinket newly devised by the fickle-headed tailors, who covet to have several tricks in cutting, thereby to draw fond customers to more expense of money.
What's up with the codpiece?
Posted by: Ana | January 10, 2008 at 07:05 PM
The cod, I presume.
Posted by: gail | January 10, 2008 at 09:43 PM