Figure 1.-- John for ordinary school days he wore shirts with a soft collar an neck tie. For special occassions he wore an Eton collar. The Eton collar had a button hole in front and in back to hold it into place. |
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Knickers had become popular in the 1910s and boy's John'a age would surely have a knickers suit. Straight-leg Knee pants had not disaapeared. We see many younger boys wearing knee pants, especially during the summer. Knicker suits were much more common for a boy John's age. They were made with a full cut. This was the popular style in 1915, later sbugger cut becamne more common. This was in sharp contrast to the straught-leg knee pants of the 1910. In the United States knickerbocker pants were being referred to as just knickers for short. This abreviation was not as common in Britain. Some times they were called plus fours reffering to the amount of material used. John's knickers had two side and hip pockets. There was a strap and buckle closure at the knee. In the 1910s knickers more and more replaced knee pants for boys, especially boys John's age and teenagers. John would have used suspenders to hold up his knickers. At this time we are not entirely sure how common belts were, but we think suspenders were more common. Notice that there were no belt loops on the waisband of his knickers.
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