Fencing pants?

[Greg]

I saw these advertised some time back on Triplette's web site - full length white fencing pants made of stretch material complete with the high waist, suspenders, etc. Are these legal in USFA competitions?

[oso97]

I saw these advertised some time back on Triplette's web site - full length white fencing pants made of stretch material complete with the high waist, suspenders, etc. Are these legal in USFA competitions?

Theres a few of key questions you can ask yourself:

1) Are they constructed of "robust material" without holds, tears or gathers to catch a blade?

2) Is there an overlap of 10 cm between the pants and the jacket?

3) Are they constructed with some sort of gathering at the bottom (ties, snaps, Velcro, elastic)?

[passata_sotto]

My youngest fencer son saw someone wearing these at an SYC and said:
"And some people think that knickers look funny"

[courtneyp]

I had a teammate who fenced in these at USFA competitions so I'm assuming they are legal. The benefit in his case was that he had a big knee brace contraption which went well past his knee so convential knickers would not fit.