Figure 1.--This Danish boy had his portrait painted in 1915. Click on the image for a closeup.
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Figure 1.--This Danish boy had his portrait painted in 1915. Click on the image for a closeup. |
Sailor suits were extremely popular in Denmark as they were throughout Scandinavia. The sailor suit may have been more popuklar in Denmark than any other Scandinavian country, perhaps because Denmark borders Germany where the sailor suit was also very popular. Boys wore blue and white sailor suits seasonally. I do not know of any distinguishing features of Danish sailor suits. They appear to ave worn the very traditional styles favored by the Germans and not the fancier styles that some French boys wore. HBC has noted several styles. Blue suits were commonly worn with kneepants and long stockings during the winter. Summer suits were often white or stripped in lighter material.
The sailor suit for boys was popularized in the 1940s when Queen Victoria first dressed her son in one. HBC is not sure when Danish boys began dressing thei boys in them, probably about the same time as in Germany. Danish boys wre clearly wearing them by the late 19th century. Sailor suits continued popular in the early 20th century and even afterwasrds in the 1920s. They began to decline in poopularity during the 1930s.
Sailor suits were extremely popular in Denmark as they were throughout Scandinavia. The sailor suit may have been more popuklar in Denmark than any other Scandinavian country, perhaps because Denmark borders Germany where the sailor suit was also very popular.
Boys wore blue and white sailor suits seasonally.
I do not know of any distinguishing features of Danish sailor suits. They appear to have worn the very traditional styles favored by the Germans and not the fancier styles that some French boys wore. HBC has noted several styles. Boys commonly wore suits with the traditional three stipes. HBC has noted some other styles. One middy blouse had two pairs of white stripes. Instead of the normal detailing of three white stripes, this boy has the detailing repeated. Notice the detailing on the dickey which rather than a nautical design, repeats the double pairs of stripes. Another style had a Rigby-style middy blouse with a relatively small collar with two white stripes.
Figure 2.--This Danish boy in 1923 was photographed with him family wearing a fairly standard kneepants sailor suit. The other younger boys were dressed almost identically. Click on the image for a view of the boy's family. |
Boys wore both middy blouses and reefer suits. Blue suits were commonly worn with dark kneepants and long stockings during the winter. Summer suits were often white or stripped in lighter material. They were also worn with dark long stockings, but some boys also wore socks. During the 1920s, shorts pants began to become more common.
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