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We believe that Czech fashions in the cities were similar to styles in Vienna and oter major cities. his may have been the case for some time because Bohemia has been ruled by the Hapsburgs since the 13th century. Clothing in the country still included folk styles, especially during the 19th century. This of course changed over time with urban clothing becomeing increasingly important even in rural areas. We note boys wearing tunic suits and bloomer knickers in the 1870s. We do not yet have a sufficently large Czech archive to chronicle these developments, but are collecting information.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed after Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War (1866). For the Czechs this did not make a major difference as they had been goverened by the Austrian Hapsburgs for several centuries. We note CDV portraits of Czech boys in the 1860s, at least children from Czech cities. The fashions seem very similar to those worn by Austrian children. The photographs are mostly of city children. Children in the country probably wore mostly folk clothing. I'm not sue how comonly that was recorded by photographers at the time. We see a variety of jackets. Younger boys might wear longish knee pants, often with white stockings. We also note note boys wearing tunics with bloomer knickers. Similar fashions were worn throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire in urban areas.
We note younger boys (probably Germans) in the Czech Lands wearing sailor kikt suit styled dresses in 1875.
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