Stays, original intention of, 323 -- Professors Roy and Adami on the beneficial use of, 332 -- theory that they are derived from swaddling clothes, 332 Steen, Jan, bands of, 46, =46= Stick of camel driver survival of a sceptre, 304 Sticks, walking, 124 Stitching carried down the back of gloves, =97=, 98 Stoat, 222 Stockings, 66, 195 -- embroidered, 69, =69= -- leather, worn by William Penn, 70 -- of cloth, 68 -- open work, 69, =69= -- silk, 140, =141= -- yellow, of blue-coat boys, 167 Stocks of leather, 200 Stole, 193, 221 Stoles of deacons, 192 Stone Age, ornaments of, 112 Stones, precious, fashions in, 123 -- -- supposed attributes of, 123 Straps, shoulder, =74=, 75 Straw wisps on horses, 297 Streamers of sailor hat, 53, =53= -- -- Scotch cap, 53, =54= -- on barristers' gowns, 219 -- -- hats, 52, =52= -- -- head-dress of twelfth century, 53, =53= Strings, cap, 149 -- on mitres, 54, =54= Stripe on trousers, vestige of a row of buttons, =81=, 82 Stripes on sleeves of non-commissioned officers, 114 Stud, 118, =119= Suit, sailor, 162 Sumptuary laws, 349, 350, 351 -- -- a hindrance to trade, 351 -- -- usually a failure, 349 Sun-bonnet of barge women, 61; see Plate VIII, facing p. 150 Sun-bonnets of horses, 300 -- -- -- market-garden women, 61 Surcoat, 83 -- of Black Prince, 87, 89 -- -- Henry Duke of Lancaster, 86, =86= Surgeons of the Life Guards wear cocked hats, 247 Superstitions keep up fashions, 349 Surplice, 185, 195, 199 -- academical hood worn by clergy on a, 212 -- Mr. Macalister on the, 185 -- slit in front in order to go over big wigs, 185 Survivals of trade costumes (butchers), 308 -- supposed in naval dress, 252 Suspenders, 71 Surtout, 148 Swaddling clothes still used in the Holy Land, 333 -- -- theory that stays are derived from, 332 -- -- swallow-tail coat, evolution of, 33, =34= -- tails at Harrow, 170 Swastika, 119, 122; see Plate VII, fig. F, facing p. 129, 311 -- the forerunner of the cross, 311 Sword belt, not worn outside the coat, 26 -- handle, opening for, in coat, 30 -- in Court dress, 227 -- ivory hilted, worn by Eleventh Hussars, 244 Tab on soldier's coat, =29=, 30 -- -- side of coat, =31=, 32 Tabards of heralds, 83 Tags, metal, 100, =101= -- ornamental, 101, =101= -- useless on top boots, 66, =66= _Tailor and Cutter_, Editor of, on clothes and nationality, 317 Talismans, wearing of, by ancient Egyptians, 122 Talith, 205 Tannin preserves woven material, 18 Tapir, spotted when young, 94; see Frontispiece Tartan, Cameron, 242 -- wearing of, forbidden, 351 Tartans, Royal Stuart, 312 -- of Scotch clans, 312 -- dyes for, obtained from native plants, 313 -- clans with several, 312