leggings were once a fixture of the peasant clothes in Russia and Eastern Europe.Windings and footcloths - close relatives leggings - were used in the army.
meaning of leggings leggings
- is long and wide enough strips of cloth used for wrapping the legs, starting with the foot and knee.Farmers in Russia wore them to bast shoes, boots and boots.In other countries, they wore leather shoes.The documents state Franks referred to the time of Charlemagne, this piece of clothing.The windings can be seen on the European miniatures of past centuries.But the most widespread leggings received in Russia and in many eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, the Baltic countries.
depending on the season leggings use of different types of tissue.Leggings - this item of clothing designed to protect the lower legs.In the summer wore winding of linen (flax or hemp) tissue, and in the winter - the bottom of the canvas, and on top - the second layer of cloth (wool, plain weave) fabric.
Lapti and defensive (ties) were different for everyday wear and holidays.For each day of the commonly used rope, and on holidays wore bast or bark sandals and used Obory bast.Party Supplies stained in white or red.Wedding leggings - it is almost a work of art.They are made of bleached linen, coated with colored embroidery.The bride had to prepare his own wedding leggings as a gift to the groom.They put on a wedding, and then kept as a relic in the chest.
How to wear leggings leggings
(photos which you can see below), mostly worn with bast shoes.This lightweight and comfortable shoes, because of the low cost and simplicity of manufacture, was widespread.We make it from improvised almost always available material - twigs, birch, linden, ropes.
But since bare foot wear sandals is not very convenient, and it is not practical, pre-wrapped legs onoochas.Men wrapped onoochas lower part of the leg, and women - bare feet.Tape length of fabric could reach 5 meters (typically 1.5 - 2.5 m), width - about 10 cm. Leg from fingers wrapped tightly grabbing the shin and reaching to the knee.The end of the band of tissue and tucked tucked under the coil.To leggings not unwound and not fall, they fastened a long cord (Oboro).Produced braided or crocheted Obory of bast rope.The end of the strap is threaded in a loop on the back side and wrapped around Lapot or fasten crosswise leg from the ankle to the knee.Sometimes used povorozy - tight leather ribbons are tied up under the knee.
Species leggings
Widespread use of bast leggings explained cheapness compared with leather boots.Boots shoes were mostly urban residents.While using leggings and boots.
leggings - these are the same winding and foot wraps.But the past - most Army attribute.During the First and Second World Wars, rank and file, and some field commanders, wore leather shoes with windings.Boots were used rarely, mostly closer to winter.And in the cold soldiers passed on the boots.Preference windings gave not only because of the scarcity and high cost of boots for casual, but also because they felt more comfortable and practical.And during the First World War, soldiers used winding all the warring parties.
In the postwar period with the windings boots are standard footwear for the field armies of some countries.These included Poland, Hungary, France and even Japan.
With boots in the Army used the foot bindings.This garment was known in ancient Rome.The Russian armed forces footcloth was long-lived, while the armies of other countries have long replaced it with ordinary socks.Transition of the Russian army on the toes footcloths occurred just since January of 2013.
