Figure 1.-- Here four brothers in 1938 or 39 pose with with their aunt who was a nun in Ottawa. |
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Short pants began to appear after World war I. Conventiins were a little different than the knee pants worn before the War. Pre-teen boys from affluent families often wore short pants. I'm less sure about French-Canadian boys who often came from working-class families. Short psants seem common before World War II. Boys that wore short pants commonly wore them with kneesocks or even long stockings for formal occassions. Modern Canadian fashions are today little different than American fashions, although the summer clothesm especially short pants, are somewhat less common because of the climate. We note the same stule shorts as worn in Britain during the 1920s and 30s, but after World War II American styles become increasingly popular. As in America and Britain we rarely see Canadian boys wearing Lederhosen.
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