Formal trousers

The British synonym "cashmere striped trousers" refers to the actual name of the stripe pattern, and not to the fabric. Similarly, the slang term "spongebag trousers" or "spongebags" is due to the perceived similarity of the distinctive stripe pattern to traditional sponge-bags, a bag of toiletries (but does not apply to check patterns). In Germany, the synonym "Stresemann trousers" occurs, for the same reasons as the semi-formal stroller is called a "Stresemann". ==History==

Formal trousers were originally introduced in the first half of the 19th century as a complement to the then widely worn frock coat. As established formal day attire trousers, they were subsequently introduced to go with the morning dress, which in turn gradually replaced the frock coat as formal day attire standard by 20th century, along with its semi-formal equivalent black lounge suit. ==Gallery==

File:Stockholms_mode-journal-_Tidskrift_för_den_eleganta_werlden_1847,_illustration_nr_2.jpg|Different innovative, early interpretations of formal trousers with frock coats and top hats, in Stockholms mode-journal (1847). File:Morning dress 1901.jpg|Edwardian era-styled morning coat with formal striped trousers (Fashion, 1901). File:Washington Luiz chega ao Palácio para assistir o desfile das tropas.tif|Brazilian President Washington Luís during a military ceremony (late 1920s−early 1930s). File:StateLibQld 1 232967 Governor Goodwin and party walking across the Grey Street Bridge after its opening.jpg|Sir John Goodwin and Lady Goodwin together with Neil Campbell and his wife, walking over the Grey Street Bridge in morning dress, top hats and spats (1931). File:Churchill V sign HU 55521.jpg|U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a black lounge suit with homburg hat and walking stick on Downing Street, giving his famous 'V' sign during World War II. File:TrumanKing1947Two.jpg|U.S. President Harry Truman with Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (1947). File:Canadian Prince Philip.jpg|Duke of Edinburgh, husband of The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (1951) File:Toni Frissell, John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier on their wedding day, 1953.jpg|John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, in wedding attire, outdoors (1953) File:Procession SANGUIS Brugensis Moenaert 2009.jpg|Patrick Moenaert, Mayor of Bruges (left), and Paul Breyne, Governor of West Flanders (right), both in morning dress along with formal trousers at the Sanguis procession in Bruges, Belgium. File:Macht der Mode - Der Stresemann (6).jpg|Formal trousers to a black lounge suit in an exhibition of the Textilfabrik Cromford, Ratingen, Germany. ==See also==