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We also see some Russian boys wearing knee socks. They were seen as a kind of dressy style. More common were ankle socks. Ankle socks seem to have been the most commonly worn hosiery. They were alsomost universal during the warm summer months. Long stockings were still commonly worn by primary-age children in Russia during the winter. This was the case for most of the 1960s. Long stockings rapidy disappeared in Central Europe during the 1950s. Not only were they seen as old fashioned, but they were replced by tights. This process began in Germany where long stockings had been very common. It also occured in Scandinavia. The Soviet Union and to a lesser extent Polnd, was some of the few countries where long stockings were worn in the the 1960s. Both boys and girls continued to commonly wear them, both with short and long pants. We are not etirely sure about the ge of the children wearing them. Wecthink that they were fairly common for children through 10 years of age. We are less sure about older children. This did not begin to change until 1969 when tights were finally introduced.
A reader writes, This illustration gives us important new information about long stocking and hose supporter conventions in 1964 in the Soviet Union. Notice that the garter clasps show under the lad's short trousers and that there are two single straps for each leg rather than the double-pendant Y-shaped garters that were so common in the United States. The boy is undoubtedly wearing a bodice with two garters on the side (like the one faceing in the illustration) and two others in front (clearly implied by the position of the stocking top on the other leg). HBC has had a good deal of discussion from German readers about whether it mattered to boys that garter attachments would show under short trousers. Here, obviously, it is a matter of no concern to the boy. Notice also that the color of the long stockings is
brown--probably the commonest color along with grey. The illustration is also useful for suggesting the usual length of long stockings in 1964." HBC is not sure our reader is correct in saying that the stocking supporter straps were of no concern to boys. This is a drawing. Of course age was a factor, but we suspect that Russian boys had many of the sae concerns expressed by German readers.
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