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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9740774" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Is Lord of the Rings medieval fantasy?No. It's High Fantasy.[ATTACH=full]415680[/ATTACH]Here, we can see Frodo wearing pretty standard Hobbit garb. Trousers that don't reach down to his large feet are a uniquely hobbitish invention. But above the waist he's wearing three pieces of clothing which bear four -INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT- details. Let's zoom in.[ATTACH=full]415681[/ATTACH]As you can see, he's wearing a collarless linen shirt, a lovely woolen waistcoat, and a woolen traveling jacket with large pockets. We also know that his waistcoat had pockets. The identifying characteristics to identify the time period of his clothing are: Buttons, Pockets, Waistcoats, and Jackets.Buttons were a relatively common design since primitive days. Typically used to close bags, however, they were not a common method of affixing standard clothing in European cultures. Toggles were, occasionally used, but it wouldn't be until the middle ages and the crusades that the common tendency of wearing buttons came from the Middle East to Europe. So that narrows things a bit.Secondly, we have pockets. This one's tricky, because 'Pocket' as a term didn't -exist- before the early 1900s thanks to American phrasing. However there were pockets before they got that name. Specifically in the 1600s (17th century) pockets were sewn into men's clothing. Before that you had Filchets. A Filchet was a slit in your clothing that you could pass your hand through to reach a purse typically tied to a belt under your clothing. Often closed with a button!Now Waistcoats. This one is the tricky one. By which I mean they weren't invented until the 1800s.And then Jackets like the one he's wearing were invented before the 1700s but that specific cut and hang wouldn't become popular until the late 1700s to early 1800s.You'll find the terms "Buttons", "Pocket", "Jacket", and "Waistcoat" in "The Hobbit: or There and Back Again" by JRR Tolkien. Though the specific styling of each is a bit mum.LoTR is not medieval fantasy.</blockquote>

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