What is... a Paned Slops?

Slops (also known as "paned slops", "pluderhosen", "pumpkin breeches", or, less vulgarly, "round paned hose") are clothing for men. They are short pants, worn over tights or other long pants. They are characterised by being made up of 2, usually contrasting, layers; the inside layer acting as a stuffing to give the characteristic pumpkin shape and the outside layer being made of strips of fabric which let the inner layer peek through.

There arent a lot of resources on slops, but what is available seems fairly high quality.

Slops are from Elizabethan times, and thus are found at the end of the 16th Century, in England and Spain.

• Slops
  A brief overview of slops.
  
  Tempus Peregrinator
• Period pants, pantaloons, breeches
  Stephan's Florilegium entry on pants - search for "pluderhosen"
  
  Stefan li Rous
• Pansied Slops
  Photos and descriptions of making slops
  
  Lynn McMasters
• Elizabethan Costumes
  Period Costumes for the Modern World has several excellent pictures of some gorgeous slops - here, here and here
  
  Karen Bergquist
• Dressing for Shakespeare: the Elizabethan Male
  Description of a ruff
  
  C. David Claudon
• James Barker's Living History & Reenactment Website
  Photos of some slops
  
  James Barker

• "Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C1560-1620"
  Arnold, Janet
  View more details (from p75)

• Quick and Dirty Trunk Hose
  A non-authentic, but quick way to make slops
  
  Chris and Elisabeth Zakes
• Fantasy Fashions pattern
  Fantasy Fashions Pattern #FF 04 - Paned Slops and Breeches
  
• How to make basic trunk hosen
  The first of 5 pages giving fully detailled instructions, with each step accompanied by photos.
  
  Anya