He also caused a sensation when he decided to play rugby at club level with bare arms and legs, as he disapproved of the standard shin-length knickerbockers.
The name "knickerbocker glory" may be drawn from the hotel or knickerbockers, knee-length trousers typically worn by boys or for sports such as fencing.
For men, the costume includes colorful or golden stuffed knickerbockers, long white socks, blouses and vests with excessive ornaments, glittering earrings and plumed headbands.
The regular knickerbocker-style pants are called nikka zubon (zubon means trousers, and nikka or nikka-bokka is a "gairaigo-" transformation of the word knickerbockers).
