Figure 1.--This Dutch family image is undated. A Dutch contributor estimates that it was taken in the early 1940s, perhaps during the German occupation.

Available photograophic images of Dutch families provide useful information of Dutch boys' clothes. Family portraits not only provide useful insights into boys' clothing, but also an interesting way of comparing the clothing of the other members of the family with the ways that boys dressed in any given time period. These images are especially helpful as they provide some idea of the type odf family the boy came from and thus an indicator of which boys were wearing soecific styles. Familiy photographs also provide information on what type of clothing other members of the family were wearing at any given time, including brothers of other ages, sisters, and parents. One popular fashion among Dutch parents was to dress their similar in identical or coordinated styles. HBC pages show boy's clothing in isolation. This is necessary because we do not have the ability to address the enormous additional topics of girls, women's, and men's clothing. Images of families, however, enable us to relate boys' clothing to hat worn by the other family members which might be useful to readers with a wider dfashion focus. These images also provide some insights into Dutch family life over time.

Chronolgical Trends

A view of Dutch families over time provide an interesting overview of clothing trends. These images are especially helpful as they provide some idea of the type odf family the boy came from and thus an indicator of which boys were wearing soecific styles. Familiy photographs also provide information on what type of clothing other members of the family were wearing at any given time, includingh brothers of other ages, sisters, and parents.

Family Styles

One popular fashion among Dutch parents was to dress their similar in identical or coordinated styles. This does not seem to be as popular today, but was quite common into the 1970s. The most common convention was to dress brothers alike, but often boys and girls had coordinated fashions--at least younger brothers.

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Created: March 11, 2001
Last updated: January 26, 2004