A Commonplace Book

Category: pants, trousers, shorts...

  • Katharine Hepburn trousers
  • Do not turn up your trousers until you get to the brook.
  • trousers can be traced to ancient Scythians, Persians, Japanese, and Hindus; until the end of the 18th century, Europeans wore breeches, knickerbockers, and pantaloons (by 1820, trousers as we know them today)
  • You should never have your best trousers on when you turn out to fight for freedom and truth. (H. Ibsen)
  • I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat.... everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. (Charlie Chaplin)
  • I don't want to smoke cigars or go to stag parties, wear jockey shorts or pick up the check. (Shelley Winters)
  • wearing crazy shorts to the grocery store and not giving it a thought

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