Description SIZING Size ChartNote: In general terms we recommend Small for up to a 40″ waist, Medium for up to a 44″ waist and Large for up to a 48″ waist. This style is cut slimmer and shorter than our 14th c. braies to be worn under snug Joined Hose without the bunching the earlier style would cause. As such, they do not have attachment points for the separate legs of 14th c. chauses.SizeRecommended Waist MeasurementMax Thigh SizeLengthSmallup to 40″/101 cm26″/66 cm15″/38 cmMediumup to 44″/111 cm28″/71 cm15.5″/39 cmLargeup to 48″/122 cm30″/76 cm16″/40 cm COLORS & FABRIC Only available in White.Cut slim and short enough to be worn under Wool or Cotton Joined HoseFor larger, longer style designed to be worn with our Chauses see our 14th c. Braies ABOUT OUR 15th c. BRAIES The earlier voluminous braies that had served for centuries as men’s undergarments had begun shrinking, once the cotte appeared in the 1340s, but the radical changes in men’s fashions at the opening of the 15th century necessitated pointing the chausses directly to the cotehardie or doublet. Thus, as chausses grew first longer, and then joined into a single garment, for the first time the braies were worn within another garment. The new garment was cut shorter and tighter, and would continue to shrink over the 15th century until they resembled a cross between a loincloth and modern briefs.We have replicated a garment from the middle of this transition. Made of a high quality linen that is lighter weight than our 14th c. men’s underwear, these braies are designed to be worn with our joined hose without leaving any unflattering bulges or lines. Although closely fit, they allow complete ease of movement, without compromising your comfort. Unlike earlier 14th c. braies the 15th c. design has a simple fly designed to work with codpiece on our joined hose for easy access in performing ‘necessities’.How to Lace your Joined Hose closed and to our Doubet HISTORICAL INSPIRATIONS Drawing after detail of a fresco by Gregorio Franceschino in the Tomb Chapel in the Cathedral of San Giovanni Batista in Monza, Italy circa the first half of the 15th centuryDetail from fresco by Masalino da Panicale in San Clemente in the chapel of Cadinal Banda inthe Castiglione, Rome Italy circa 1431Drawing after detail from a fresco by Masolino da Pancale in the Bapistry in the Castiglione Olona, Lombardy, Italy, circa 1437 PHOTO GALLERY This Gentleman is shown in his 15th C. Collared Shirt and Braies. Braies of the 15th Century was the start of what we now call Boxers! A typical man of the era would add on Joined Hose, and possibly either a Cotehardie or Doublet.You cannot get any barer than this! Here we see a gentleman down to just his Braies! Among the many layers you would normally add on, he will go on to wear Joined Hose, and a Cotehardie, which was the style that eventually gave way to the infamous Doublet! REVIEWS [product_reviews
