Knee breeches

Japanese: knee breeches(英語表記)kneebreeches
Knee breeches

...In a broad sense, it refers to a combination of two or more pieces of clothing, such as a jacket and a skirt, made from the same fabric, and in a narrow sense, it refers to a men's suit-style top and bottom set (two-piece suit) or a three-piece set with a vest and a coat. The suit style was established in England in the second half of the 17th century, when it became fashionable to make the coat, vest, and knee breeches (short trousers) from the same fabric, and this has continued as the standard for suit styles to this day. The suit style was seen in women's clothing in the second half of the 19th century, when combined top and bottom clothes appeared in addition to the previous one-piece style, and for this reason this style is sometimes called a two-piece suit. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "knee breeches" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広義には2種以上の衣服,たとえばジャケットとスカートが,同一生地でつくられた衣料の組合せをいい,狭義には男子用の背広型の上下揃い(ツーピース・スーツ),またはそれにベストを加えた三つ揃い(スリーピース・スーツ)をいう。スーツ形式が確立されたのは17世紀の後半のイギリスで,コートとベストとニー・ブリーチズknee breeches(半ズボン)の3者を共地でつくるのが流行し,それが定型として背広型にも踏襲されて現代にいたっている。婦人服にスーツ形式が見られるのは,19世紀の後半にそれまでのワンピース形式に加えて上下組合せ型の服が登場してからのことで,そのためにこの形をツーピースと呼ぶこともある。…

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