Why is it called a “Pair of Pants”?
“Trousers trace their ancestry to the individual hose worn by men in the 15th century (which explains why the word “trousers” is plural). The hose were easy to make and fastened to a doublet at the top with ties called “points”. At this time, these were not trousers, but trews, such as can be seen in the 1746 painting by David Morier.[7][8]. As time went by, the two hose were joined, first in the back then across the front, but still leaving a large opening for sanitary functions. Originally, doublets came almost to the knees, effectively covering the private parts, but as fashions changed and doublets became shorter, it became necessary for men to cover their genitals with a codpiece.
