Figure 1.--This 1904 scene from a Vienna park shows two children wearing broad-brimmed sailor hats. Note the boys' red cape and elastic shin strap on his hat. |
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Austrian boys headwear was in general very similar to German styles. The headwear most accociated with Austrian boys are sailor hats and caps. There does no appear to be any strong association such as the beret in France. The sailor suit was so popular in Austria over so long a period that various styles of sailor hats and caps were widely worn. The wide-brimmed sailor hat was not just worn with sailor suits, but was worn with Fauntleroy and other fancy suits. Broad brmimmed sailor hats were very popular from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Then sailor caps began to become more popular. Austrian folk dress includes a kind of Tyrolean hat, but HBC does not know how commonly it was actually worn. We do not some boys wearing them. The German military-styled peaked school cap was also common in the first half of the 20th century. We have also noted Austrian boys wearing a variety of other caps, including the German Schirmmütze.
Austrian boys headwear was in general very similar to German styles. The primary difference is that in Germany, Tyrolean hats were seen as a regional (Bavaraian) style and in Austria more of a national style. Euroe in the second half og the 20th century began to move tosward pan-Eurooean styles. Before then there were destinctive styles throughout German speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, and much of Switzerland).
The headwear most accociated with Austrian boys are sailor hats and caps. There does no appear to be any strong association such as the beret in France. The sailor suit was so popular in Austria over so long a period that various styles of sailor hats and caps were widely worn. The wide-brimmed sailor hat was not just worn with sailor suits, but was worn with Fauntleroy and other fancy suits. Broad brmimmed sailor hats were very popular from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Then sailor caps began to become more popular. Austrian folk dress includes a kind of Tyrolean hat, but HBC does not know how commonly it was actually worn. We do not some boys wearing them. The German military-styled peaked school cap was also common in the first half of the 20th century. We have also noted Austrian boys wearing a variety of other caps, including the German Schirmmütze.
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