leggings?

James of York · Post by **James of York** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:12 am

I have heard of people wearing leggings over combat boots or other mundane footware to make them look like period boots. Does anyone have further information or patterns on this topic.

Yours,
James of York

brother_fredrik · Post by **brother_fredrik** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:07 am

I have heard of them refered to as "spats". Sorry, I don't have any patterns, but you should be able to do it with normal foot wear patterns, leaving off the bottoms. Then add a strap that goes under the foot (right near the heal on boots) to hold them in place.

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ONZ · Post by **ONZ** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 9:38 am

They are about the same as morern military gators. Do a search for ww1 or WW2 military gear and uniforms. There was a web site on garb that had instructions for them. They called them english half chaps half chaps.If I can find the site I'll post the adress. Onz

James of York · Post by **James of York** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 10:17 am

Thank you for your replies, I used the search engine and found multidtudes of venders, even have them on e-bay. Thanks again

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Yours,
James of York

ONZ · Post by **ONZ** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 11:07 am

Here is a link on how to make them. http://www.garbmonger.com/footwear.html They are fairly easy to make.Good luck. Onz

James of York · Post by **James of York** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:18 pm

ONZ that is exactly what I was looking for, you have saved me quite a bit of money, well now I have to go buy some leather. Thanks again.

James of York · Post by **James of York** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:59 pm

Well, I bought some black vinyl for $3.77 a yard and made a pair. They don't look half bad, thanks again for the link. I may just make some leather ones when these fall apart.