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English mail order catalogs and other soyrces suych as advertisements and sewing patterns offer a very useful time line on changing fashion trends. English mail order catalogs and newspaper ads provide great detail on fashion trends. We notice knitted sunsuit patterns for younger children. Littlewoods was the principal company selling mailorder clothing in Britain during the 1950s. Their catalog offers a wide range of boys clothing, including suits, coats, shirts, trousers, and hosiery. We notte classic coats for younger boys. We notice an advertisement by Chilprufe for children's coats. They describe utility and non-utility clothes.
We have found some items that are not dated, but seem likely to be from the 1950s. We have fould a Copley's knitting patten for sun-suits. There are both boys' and girls' styles for younger children, although the gender styling is rather similar. In this case the sunsuits seem to styles worn in the late-40s and early-50s. They were rather like swimsuits for younger children and as was still common in the early 50s were done in wool.
The Littlewoods catalog in 1950 offered gaberdine rain coats and variery of other coats, incliding duffle coats. There were also shorter cold weather jackets. There were both short and long pants suits as well as more casual jackets worn with matching short and long trousers. Kneesocks were offered in different colors with colored bands at the top. Unfortunately the image is not very clear and we do not have the ad copy. We notice P&B Wools knirring patterns for Father and son sweaters.
We notice an advertisement by Chilprufe for children's coats. They describe utility and non-utility clothes. I am not sure, but I think that means fabrics suitable for both play and dress clothes. The ad illustration shows a younger boy in a dressy beret and coat.
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