Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Knickerbockers have been popular in other sporting endeavors, particularly golf, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, fencing and bicycling. In cycling, they were standard attire for nearly 100 years, with the majority of archival photos of cyclists in the era before World War I showing men wearing knickerbockers tucked into long socks.
First seen as knickerbockers or "knickers", they were baggy trousers that extended to or just below the knee and were most commonly fastened with either a button or a buckle. Knickerbockers were initially worn by men in the late 19th century and over time became part of women's fashion.
The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active until the early 1870s. [1] In 1851, the New York Knickerbockers wore the first ever recorded baseball ...
The All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale just started: Get up to 73% off All-Clad cookware The best Presidents’ Day furniture sales: Save hundreds on best-sellers from La-Z-Boy, Joybird, West Elm and more
The All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale just started: Get up to 73% off All-Clad cookware. AOL. The Wonder Oven is $20 off for Presidents' Day. AOL. We tested The Pink Stuff, a must-have for cleaning ...
The Company Store's semi-annual sale is on now, including this popular knee and leg pillow. It’s designed to offer support for your knees, ankles, and lower legs while sleeping on your side ...
Golfing costume consisting of Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers. Detail of a fashion plate from the Sartorial Arts Journal, New York, 1901. A Norfolk jacket is a loose, belted, single-breasted tweed jacket with box pleats on the back and front, with a belt or half-belt. It was originally designed as a shooting coat that did not bind when the ...
Knickerbocker Group, consisting of Washington Irving and other frequent contributors to The Knickerbocker literary magazine; Cholly Knickerbocker, a pseudonym used by a series of society columnists in the New York American and the New York Journal-American