"The essential qualifications for good fitting trousers, are a proper stride and a correct draft. These two are absolutely necessary - the one for the comfort in wear, and the other for elegance in appearance. In many respects they are dependent one on the other, although not entirely so, since a pair of trousers may hang with perfect freedom and grace, and at the same time be so crippled at the stride as to be almost unwearable; while, on the other hand, they may fit with entire comfort at the fork, and yet be altogether deficient in correct draft.
The stride and draft combined, are to the trousers what the balance is to the coat..."
-The Complete Guide to Practical Cutting (1853), by Edward Minister & Son
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Looks like Tom Mahon fitting the trousers.
A beautiful shade of blue. International klein blue undertones, though that might be the calibration of the computer screen Well done.
To what do these terms "stride" and "draft" refer?
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