INGENUITY AND LUXURY 



Spanish Italy, and South America wore gollilas, the 

 curve, size, and shape changing somewhat as other 

 fashions changed, but the principle remained the same, 

 until Spain was born again and a French king banned 

 the gollila as barbarous and imposed upon his new 

 subjects the falling lace cravat and jabot of the eight- 

 eenth century." 



KNITTED GARMENTS 



The time of the first introduction of knitted stock- 

 ings, whether of silk, wool, or cotton, is unknown. 

 As elsewhere noted, the art of knitting was seemingly 

 an invention of the fifteenth century. Some articles 

 called "silk hose" are recorded among the effects of 

 Henry VIII, and by some this is interpreted as meaning 

 knitted stockings. If such were the case, this is per- 

 haps the first record of such stockings being worn in 

 England, and France was not in advance of her neigh- 

 bor in this respect. It is probable that such stockings 

 were worn in Spain some time before, and by the time 

 of Elizabeth they had come into general use. 



Thus every part of the modern garment had been 

 evolved, and from the sixteenth century onward the 

 changes that occurred were simply modifications in 

 form. The modern starched linen collar, cuff, and 

 shirt-front are direct descendants of the starched 

 ruffs made famous by the wife of Queen Elizabeth's 

 coachman. 



Stockings and knit undergarments are simply devel- 

 opments of the silk hose of Tudor times. The one 



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