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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: wearing "false locks set on wyres to make them stand at a
distance from the head; as fardingales made the clothes stand out
in Queen Elizabeth's reign." Painting the face, which had been
practised during the Commonwealth, became fashionable; as did
likewise the use of patches and vizards or masks; which from the
convenience they afforded wearers whilst witnessing an immoral
play, or conducting a delicate intrigue, came greatly into use.
According to Randal Holmes's notes on dress, in the Harleian
Library, the male costume at the restoration consisted of "a
short-waisted doublet, and petticoat breeches--the lining, being
lower than the breeches, is tied above the knees. The breeches
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