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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Oh no they didn't and women of that time didn't shave their legs either...and they wore silk stocking up to their thighs!

After the fall of Rome ( I won'/t go into all of the ablutions, waxings ( they used honey back then ), makeup, etc. used/done back then ) Christian Europe stopped doing a lot of things; however, women tweezed their head hair lines, because high foreheads were supposedly a sign of intelligence. That went out of favor too, until the Elizabethan Age, at which point, no eyebrows, on women were also in vogue.

As for men, this was a time in both the English and French courts, where many men wore earrings.

I can give you a decade by decade, until present day, various different "ins" and "outs" in sartorial changes, but hopefully, this is enough to satisfy you.

77 posted on 10/17/2016 9:16:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons
Yes, they wore silk stockings but they also removed the hair on their legs because it made their stocking fit more smoothly. Let's not even talk about their stuffing their stockings with sawdust. :)

Women didn't tend to shave their legs because their legs were not on display the way the male leg was. But some of them would dampen their gowns so they would cling and show off their figures.

Humans are vain creatures.

81 posted on 10/17/2016 9:21:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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