# Fashion: loincloth over other clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** fashion-clothing\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071 "2022-05-06T16:30:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/1 "2022-05-06T16:30:15Z")
Is this a thing, as in do you see it in the wild, as opposed to just a skirt or something? First of all, look at this guy: [![](http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/mensclothing.jpg) ](http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/mensclothing.jpg) He is wearing crotchless leggings, so the breechcloth is hardly superfluous. But then we have [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/5537015/r/il/fcaa63/1102936776/il_794xN.1102936776_9tzl.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/5537015/r/il/fcaa63/1102936776/il_794xN.1102936776_9tzl.jpg) Now a man wearing dinner clothing might wear a cummerbund which, besides providing a pocket, serves to conceal the transition between the shirt and the waistband. The woman in the photo, on the other hand, leaving aside that she is dressed casually, clearly has the edge of her shirt visible. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/2 "2022-05-06T16:36:15Z")
Shorts over tights is not an uncommon thing. See it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/3 "2022-05-06T19:31:20Z")
Tights are _supposed_ to be worn under something. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/4 "2022-05-06T19:33:36Z")
Yeah, that is a decorative skirt, perhaps worn to cover a cameltoe or whatever. It looks nice to me. It is not a loincloth. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/5 "2022-05-06T19:42:51Z")
The photo shows an apron, not a loincloth. The loincloth in the drawing is slung over a girdle strap. Loincloths could also do without this by starting with the front flap, under slinging the groin, then wrapping around the waist and making a back flap Instead of a loincloth, Europeans opted to fill the gap between hose legs with codpieces; often of elaborate design. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/6 "2022-05-06T19:43:58Z")
You are probably right in that just the tights without anything to offset them would not look as nice, but note that the item is literally advertised as a “[crochet olive-green loin cloth](https://www.etsy.com/listing/484684490/crochet-olive-green-loin-cloth)” (could just be a quirk of the seller) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashion-loincloth-over-other-clothes/964071/7 "2022-05-06T20:01:22Z")
Yeah, I am going for seller quirk. But thanks for that tid-bit, interesting thread anyway. Honestly, I kinda like the look.