Figure 1.--This 1951 image shows a younger Dutch boy wearing English-style school sandals. During the 1950s sandals, especially the English style, became a style worn by increasingly younger boys. He wears a knit outfit, a popular 1950s style. |
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Dutch boys are perhaps most noted for wearing wooden shoes. Not every Dutch boy wore wooden shoes. In fact, this was a style most common among boys from modest-income families are living in rural
areas. Dutch boys have acually worn a wide range of footwear. Younger boys might wear strap shoes for dress occasions in the late 19th and early 20th century. Sturdy leather shoes were most common in at the turn of the 20th century. Such sturdy shoes for boys made sence to practical Dutch parents. Gradually by the 1920s Oxford-style shoes became increasingly common, although the heavt boot-styles shoes did not disappear until the early 1950s. It was in the 1920s that sandals appeared, although they appear to have been most commonly worn in the late 1940s and early 50s. . At first English-style school sandals were the most common, but other styles appeared after World War II. German fashions had always been popular in the Netherlands. This changed in the immediate post-World War II era. English styles became very fahionable. Gradually the English-style sandal became a style for younger boys. As memories of the war receded, German fashions once more increased in popularity. Older boys began wearing the open-toed sandals that became so popular in Germany. As in the rest of Europe, American-style sneakers became increasingly popular in the 1970s.
Dutch boys are perhaps most noted for wearing wooden shoes. Not every Dutch boy wore wooden shoes. In fact, this was a style most common among boys from modest-income families are living in rural
areas. Dutch boys have acually worn a wide range of footwear.
Dutch boys are perhaps most noted for wearing wooden shoes. Not every Dutch boy wore wooden shoes. One of the few garments, in fact, often associated with the Dutch is wooden shoes. It should be stressed, however, that wooden shoes were widely worn by peasants and poor workers in many Europoean countries. Boys from affluent families would not have worn them. Boys from rural and poorer urban families did wear them ogften to school. Boys may have gone barefoot in warm weather, b ut then would have worn the not very comfortable wooden shoes in the colder weather. Wooden shoes have not entirely disappeared in the Netherlands, but they are today mostly worn as part of folk costumes.
Younger boys might wear strap shoes for dress occasions in the late 19th and early 20th century. HBC does not have complete details on the srap shoe in the Netherlands. We see them being worn in Europe in general in the early 19th century with sketon suits. We note them in France during the late 19th century worn by younger children, primarily as a dress shoe. Our earlist Dutch image dates to the 1920s, but we believe that this is due to our limited number of early images. Cutch boys were wearing strap shoes as both a dress and play shoe in the 1920s. It appears to have been a style for younger boys or for boys from affluent families.
Sturdy leather shoes were most common in at the turn of the 20th century. Such sturdy shoes for boys made sence to practical Dutch parents.
Gradually by the 1920s Oxford-style shoes became increasingly common, although the heavt boot-styles shoes did not disappear until the early 1950s.
It was in the 1920s that sandals appeared, although they appear to have been most commonly worn in the late 1940s and early 50s. . At first English-style school sandals were the most common, but other styles appeared after World War II. German fashions had always been popular in the Netherlands. This changed in the immediate post-World War II era. English styles became very fahionable. Gradually the English-style sandal became a style for younger boys. As memories of the war receded, German fashions once more increased in popularity. Older boys began wearing the open-toed sandals that became so popular in Germany.
As in the rest of Europe, American-style sneakers became increasingly popular in the 1970s.
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