hmmmm is the bottom of the codpiece flat? wear it is sewn onto the legs? I'm wondering if you can take them apart and add a triangle. putting the bottom of the cod and the flat of the triangle together and slit the seam between the legs a little bit and insert the point of the triangle and then sew that up. thus adding cupping room and you can slide the cod piece down and back a tad. make since?
I've seen a lot of pictures of hosen that look like the codpiece comes up too high in the front. i guess the wearers are modest etc and afraid of showing too much. but it really doesn't work so well with the form of the hosen. remember, when these things were made it was HIGH FASHION
young men liked to dress to show off their bodies. all of it, but still be covered. their waistlines were low, the hosen were tight, the doublets were tight and some had large shoulders looking buff, the gown lengths were short all to show off the legs, butt and "boys". look at the purses and daggers, all very much resemble the male anatomy.
