VIII PETTICOATS AND TROUSERS The belted plaid and kilt--Early skirts--The antiquity of trousers--Trouser stripes 72 IX COATS OF ARMS Signet rings--Armorial bearings--Escutcheons--Crests--Badges 83 X GLOVES AND MITTENS Origin of the baby's glove--Fourchettes--The "points" on the backs of gloves 94 XI TAGS, PINS, AND BALDRICS Laces--The evolution and vagaries of the safety-pin--Primitive methods of carrying burdens as illustrated by muff-chains, baldrics, and yokes 100 XII ORNAMENTS Primitive necklaces--Finger rings--The origin of the hair comb--Buttons--Studs--Flowers--Feathers--Amulets 111 XIII HAIR DRESSING Head shaving--Wigs that are still worn--Roman curls and fringes 126 XIV SPECIAL DRESSES Fashions kept up by ceremonies--Survivals in special costume--Flowing garments 135 XV SERVANTS' DRESS The prototypes of liveries--Reminiscences of George II and George III--Origin of the page-boy's buttons--The jockey cap--Aprons 139 XVI COCKADES The cockade a degenerated chaperon--The varieties of the cockade--Cockade wearers 152 XVII CHILDREN'S DRESS Survivals in children's dress--Special school costumes--The blue-coat boy--Public school boys--Adoption of special dress at girls' schools 162 XVIII WEDDING GARMENTS The veil--Bridesmaids and bribery--Old shoes--Orange blossom 175 XIX MOURNING Colours associated with mourning--Widows' weeds--Perennial mourning 181 XX COSTUME CONNECTED WITH RELIGION The surplice and "the cloth"--The civil origin of vestments--Fine vestments--Processional vestments, so called--Nuns' dress--The choker 184 XXI SUNDAY CLOTHES The significance of Sunday clothes--The wearing of hats in church by ladies 205 XXII ACADEMICAL DRESS Gowns and hanging sleeves--The forerunner of the hood--The origin of the doctor's hat--The evolution of the mortar-board 208 XXIII LEGAL DRESS Vestiges of the coif--Hoods and gowns--Signs of mourning 215 XXIV STATE AND COURT ATTIRE Coronation dress--Parliamentary robes--Mistakes in Court dress--Vestiges of the wig and of the chaperon--Court cards 221 XXV SURVIVALS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS Armour--Prickers for flint locks--Forage cords--Reminiscences of gallantry--Regimental badges--Courtship colours 233 XXVI NAVAL UNIFORM Supposed survivals--Petticoats and wide breeches 251