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German age comventions concering pants varied widely chronologically. German boys in the 19th century after breeching mostly wore long pants in the 19th centry. We notice age conventions beginning to develop after the mid-19th century. Younger boys after breeching began wearing shortened-length oants such as knee pants and bloomer knickers. Tis was particularly the case of affluent families. Working-class boys of all ages continued to wear mostly long pants. This did not chnge until the very late 19th century when we see more boys wearing knee pants and bloomer knickes. After the turn of the 20th century more and older German boys began waring knee pants. Bloomer knickers were also worn, but declined in the 1910s. German boys began commonly wearing short pants afer World War I. Most younger boys and some older boys wore shorts, depending on varying parental attitudes. Some older boys wore knickers. Not only did more boys wear shorts, but we see even younger teenagers wearing them. We also see boys wearing knickers, but mostly older teenagers. After World war II, knickers disappeard. Most boys wore shorts, including teenagers. Here a factor was the difficult economic condition. Gradually short pants went out of style for older boys, especially in the 1950s when jeans appeaed. Long pants becae increasingly popular even for younger boys. Younger German boys continued to wear shorts into the 1960s. Gradually age conventions declined in importance as short pants began to be seen as warm weather seasonal wear.
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