|
We believe that Czech fashions in the cities were similar to styles in Vienna and oter major cities. his may have been the case for some time because Bohemia has been ruled by the Hapsburgs since the 13th century. Clothing in the country still included folk styles, especially during the 19th century. This of course changed over time with urban clothing becomeing increasingly important even in rural areas. We note boys wearing tunic suits and bloomer knickers in the 1870s. We do not yet have a sufficently large Czech archive to chronicle these developments, but are collecting information.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed after Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War (1866). For the Czechs this did not make a major difference as they had been goverened by the Austrian Hapsburgs for several centuries. We note CDV portraits of Czech boys in the 1860s, at least children from Czech cities. The fashions seem very similar to those worn by Austrian children. The photographs are mostly of city children. Children in the country probably wore mostly folk clothing. I'm not sue how comonly that was recorded by photographers at the time. We see a variety of jackets. Younger boys might wear longish knee pants, often with white stockings. We also note note boys wearing tunics with bloomer knickers. Similar fashions were worn throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire in urban areas.
We note younger boys (probably Germans) in the Czech Lands wearing sailor dresses, styled like kilt suits in 1875.
The turn-of-the 20th century introduced the family snapshot which meant that we learn much more about clothing and fashion. We no longer see mostly studio photogtaphy, although our archive is still limited. The town images we do se seem very common to Austria/Germany. We are not yet sure anoutrurl areas. Family snapshots still show girls wearing dresses and pinafores. Boys might wear simple shirts with square collars and blouses during the summer. They wore knee pants all year round. During the winter they wore long stockings. When the weather got warmer they wore three-quater socks or went barefoot. Going barefoot was most common in rural areas, but we see it in towns as well. An important development in Czechoslovakia was the develooment of industry. The autri-Hungarian Empire did not industrialize like Germany. The primariy exception was the Czech Lands which became the center of heavy undustry in the Empire.
The 1910s began with Austria-Hungary one of the great powers. It wa one of the three empires that dominated most of the European continent. There was no belief that fundamental changes were about to take place. The decade was sominated bt Wirkd war I (1914-18). The War would result in the implosion of the Austro-Hunfarian Empire and the creation of a new indepedent Czech statefused with Slovakia to create Czechoslovakia..
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[Essays]
[FAQs]
[German glossary]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing national pages:
[Return to the Main Austro-Hungarian Czech page]
[Return to the Main Austro-Hungarian page]
[Return to the Main Czechoslovakian country page]
[Australia]
[Belgium]
[Czechoslovakia]
[England]
[France]
[Germany]
[Ireland]
[Italy]
[Japan]
[Korea]
[Mexico]
[New Zealand]
[Scotland]
[United States]
