No garment in the world can boast a story as complex and articulated as trousers: they have entered the universal imagination for a relatively short time, they’ve been a leader since the beginning.

Primitive men and the first civilizations that housed on the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile, did not contemplate pants in their clothing: both men and women wore skirts and tunics of different lengths. The Persians on the other hand were the first to start using garments reminiscent of the modern trousers. The purpose was very specific, and that was to be able ride. They made very soft leather garments with great care, but despite the frequent contacts between the Western world and the Middle East, the men of the Mediterranean continued to wear tunics and togas.

Their introduction to Europe happened under the influence of the Barbarians who, once they had conquered Gaul, around I century BC, brought the new leader-garment to Rome: from the Roman Empire to the thirteenth century, the evolution of the trousers continued without stopping: from tight and colorful socks to wide trousers, lined in lace, from wide long trousers typical of the Sanculotti to riding pants, they are today one of the most worn items.