Dutch Boys' Pants: Suspension


Figure 1.--Thifamily snap shot was taken in 1951. Suspeder pants and skirts were a very useful approach for younger children. A note says spool of yarn used as reins for the boy was probably a joke. More likely the children were playing. /i>

A nececesary elements associated with pants and trousrs is of course suspension, how the pants are held up. This is an especially difficult question for younger boys who do not yet have defined waists. There are various approaches to trouser suspension. The most commn are button-on clothing, suspenders (braces), suspender pants, and belts. Suspender stykles wereespecilly popular for short pants, probably because most younger boys wore shorts. We also notice self-belted shorts. The poplarity of these different approaches have varied over time and of course age is a factor. Dutch trends seen close to German trends concerning suspension. One difference is that suspender pnts less commonly used the H-bar approach. Some of these approaches such as suspender pants wee also used for girls' skirts. We notice girls commonly wearing suspender skirts.






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