From the land of the Aryans come these two practically lifesize, ultra-realistically dressed culinary ambassadors of exported Alpine food products to my local Food Emporium on 6th Avenue. I walked by the window and did a double take. And every time I've walked by since then, I still laugh. If this is how the guys ripping it up on the peaks of Innsbruck are dressed apres-ski time, I will be severely bumming.Nice lederhosen, Franz.
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Lol. You'll be happy to know they are not Leiderhosen. They are Cullotte and French in origin.
I'm such an evil know-it-all aren't I.
Good Christ. How would anyone know that?
I know, I'm too overeducated for my own good. But there really is a good reason for me to know this bit of trivia. Cullotte were worn by the French Aristocracy before the revolution. To be a revolutionary was to be called a sans cullotte (without short pants).
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