However, I can't seem to find much out about the
pants of the 1700's, and it appears that they were «fancy
dress» costumes, or stage costumes, rather than
actual garments women of the day were wearing.
We went into the room where they do the auction, and didn't look as out of place as I had originally thought we would - I had attended an auction as research before, but it was a regular foreclosure auction, and there were a bunch of lawyers
dressed like what I assume
actual adults are supposed to
dress like - ties,
pants suits, etc..