Figure 1.--This Dutch boy in 1957 wears white ankle socks. Ankle socks became much more common for Dutch boys in the 1950s.
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Figure 1.--This Dutch boy in 1957 wears white ankle socks. Ankle socks became much more common for Dutch boys in the 1950s. |
Ankle socks were little worn by Dutch boys as late as the 1930s. Ankle socks began to be more common in the 1950s. At first
mostly younger boys wore ankle socks. Later mostly younger boys wore kneesocks. HBC notes much larger numbers of boys
wearing ankle rather than keesocks in the 1950s. Many of the boys wore solid colored ankle socks. HBC is not sure of the
colors involved, but some younger boys appear to have worn white ankle socks--often with sandals. Most Dutch boys began
wearing ankle socls in the 1960s anf by the 1970s, kneesocks were little worn.
HBC still has quite limited information on Ankle socks were little worn by Dutch boys in the 1920s. They seemed to have grown in popularity during the 1930s. I'm not sure how popular they were in the 1930s. We note boys in youth groups wearing them in the easrly 1940s. as late as the 1930s. We begin to commonly see them by the 1940s. Ankle socks began to be more common in the 1950s. Most Dutch boys began wearing ankle socks in the 1960s and by the 1970s, kneesocks were little worn, except by younger boys. They were not worn by older boys even gfor casual wear.
I'm not sure yet just what the conventiins were for ankle and kneesocks. Certainly seasonality was a factore. Kneesocks may have had more of a dressy image--but this requires more information to better understand this. By the 1970s kneesocks began to be looked on as more of a younger boys' style..
At first mostly younger boys wore ankle socks. Later mostly younger boys wore kneesocks. HBC notes much larger numbers of boys
wearing ankle rather than keesocks in the 1950s.
Many boys wore solid colored ankle socks. This appears to be the most common type of ankle socks. HBC is not sure of the colors involved, but some younger boys appear to have worn white ankle socks--often with sandals. This appear, however to have benn more of a dressy style. White socks were, however, never commonly worn as casual wear by older boys as was the case in the United States. I'm not sure yet how the popularity of different colors varied over time.
The most common pattern for ankle socks were stripes. I'm not sure yet, however just how common they were. I'm lso not sure yet how the popularity of different patterns varied over time.
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