Figure 1.--The Dutch boy wears button-on shorts with a blouse that has an Eton-styled collar. Thecimage is undated, but was probably taken in the 1940s.
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Figure 1.--The Dutch boy wears button-on shorts with a blouse that has an Eton-styled collar. Thecimage is undated, but was probably taken in the 1940s. |
Another metod of keeping a younger boy's short pants up, beside suspender shorts, was button-on shorts. This was also a popular style in other countries, especially during the 1930s-40s, including the United States. I'm not sure what age Dutch boy wore these shirts. The available image shows a boy about 5-years old, but HBC believes that older boys
also wore them. The buttons could be quite large--becoming an element of the styling. This depended somewhat on the age of the boy wearing them. HBC has limited information on button-shorts in the Netherlands, but is collecting information.
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