What's the Difference Between Men's Legs and Women's?

Good legs are a real asset man at this period. And how does this change over different ranks of society? The picture you've conjured up that applies for henry the eighth and perhaps nobility. How far down the social scale does it apply? Yes, so that is very much for the elite. If we were looking at more the middling sort of the sort of affluent merchants, such as the greshams, they would be dressed in a similar style.