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Or it works the other way. Modern audiences don't understand the significance of a wool cap in Shakespeare. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/cZHd4yrC7

• thaumasiotes 6y ago
  > If, for instance, a theatre director today put a middle-aged man on stage wearing low-slung jeans, everybody in the audience would know it was both inappropriate and funny. Well, that claim didn't age well. It's hard to get non-low-rise pants in any variety now.
  • KozmoNau7 6y ago
    You can still find some pants that have the waistband at the actual waist, but they are unfortunately few and very far between. I like these a lot: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-worker-pants/55188 https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-worker-pants/55... And in wool: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-worker-trousers-wool/62307 https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-worker-trousers... Wear them with button suspenders, so comfortable. Why did suspenders ever go out of fashion? Otherwise, find a good menswear store or even a tailor to custom make you proper-waisted pants. It's worth it.
  • lmm 6y ago
    Literally the next line in the article is "In 50 years time they probably won't understand it at all".
    • thaumasiotes 6y ago
      It's been less than 10 years. People were already complaining about the impossibility of buying pants that fit years before that program came out.