Equipment notes (3): "some may prefer long trousers"

Alpine outfitting advice from the mid-1930s

Breeches —The breeches may be of the ordinary knickerbocker type, with tab and buckle at the knee, but if so, it will be best to draw the stockings up to the thigh, before putting on the knickerbockers, and thus avoid that chilly gap, which has been known to occur between the knee-buckle and the elegantly turned down stocking-top. Woollen garters, just below the knee, help to keep the stockings up without constricting the circulation. For those who like to dispense with braces the breeches should be provided with a buckle at the back, rather below the waist, in a position that is lower than usual, Some, on the other hand, may prefer long trousers, fastened with pressure buttons inside the calf of the leg.

References

Chapter Three “Equipment” by C F Meade in The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, Volume XVIII, Mountaineering, London: Seeley Service & Co, 1934.