French Rompers: Patterns


Figure 1.--Here we see a French boy wearing a patterened romper suit. This portrait was taken before World War II, probanly in the mid-1930s.

Many rompers were mase in solid colors. There were also some patterened rompers. The most common pattern was gingham ("vichy" in French). There were some other patterns, mostly material selected by mothers who made their children's clothes. We have noted, for example, flowered patterns. There were also a wide range of other patterns used, but these were not common. While some boys wore these flowered pattererns the kind of checked or plaid gingham was much more common. We do not yet have any information on the extent to which the popularity of different colors and patterns varried over time. Many of the same colors and patterns used for smocks were also used for rompers.








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