Sans culottes

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Sans-culotte Trousers, Unknown, France, circa 1790, Costumes, Cotton plain weave.

Sans-culottes: meaning "without knee breeches," baggy, loose fitting trousers worn by members of the working class who were in support of the French Revolution. The Carmagnole jacket was an element of dress of the sans-culottes.

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Sans-culottes refers to a lower-class Parisian republican that is in favor of the French Revolution.