Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars label text:
Doublet and breeches
1630s
Whereas earlier styles created a fashionable silhouette with a small torso and broad padded hips, in the 1630s men’s fashion brought a more natural shape to the figure. Large bows of silk ribbon at the waistband would once have held doublet and breeches together. In this new Jacobean style, the bows are purely decorative.
England
Silk satin, quilted
V&A 347&A-1905 []