They were hoisted up to perhaps an inch below his pectorals. Wikipedia's account of the making of the film was fascinating to me and answered many of my questions but not the one about those high riding trousers.
Laura seems a classic fag hag but was the novelist aware of that sexual dynamic or was she herself a clueless female? The fact that Capote was evidently involved with a TV remake explains a lot.
That was the style of the day. Notice that Waldo's pants have the same high waist.
share...the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...share
As a female, I find those kind of pants more attractive than the kind of pants that men are wearing today! Especially of the younger generation where the pants are falling off the hips. Not my taste, sorry.
He won. Get over it.
I've seen those kinds of pants in a number of movies from the forties. That was just the style then.
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A lot of people are not aware of this rather little-known fact, but because of the rare materials at that time, button were pressed directly to men's nipples; hence the high-hanging trousers.
shareI'll haveto do some independent research before I accept your quite probable premise. So where in hell is the fly?
Maybe guys peeed out of their belly buttons. That could have been a useful trick back then. Let's keep our minds open!
was the novelist aware of that sexual dynamic or was she herself a clueless female?There was a considerable amount of psychology in the novel, as the detective analyzes a number of Waldo's insults, as well as his probings of the weaknesses of others, in order to get to the root of the man, as well as to the bottom of the mystery.
You'll note that ties were short, too. That wouldn't have been noticeable util the coar was unbuttoned.
I do wonder, with another post, where he fly would have been, to accommodate peeing.
Those suit pants of the era perhaps had a seventeen inch fly. Strange era. I'm glad I was born in 1944 and missed wearing those outfits.
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