Austrian Lederhosen Usage: School Wear


Figure 1.-- Most Austrian school portraits show at leat a few boys and often several wearing Lederhosen. This seems especially common in rural village schools more than city schools, although even in city schools we commonly see at least a few boys wearing Lederhosen. Here we see a village primary school in the 1950s.

We note many Austrian school boys wearing Lederhosen. Boys would wear them to school with a jacket or sweater or even just a shirt, depending on the season. Most Austrian school portraits show at leat a few boys and often several wearing Lederhosen. This seems especially common in rural village schools more than city schools, although even in city schools we commonly see at least a few boys wearing Lederhosen. We are not sure about the 19th century, but in the first half of the 20th century, Lederhosen were a very common school garment in Austria. This was the case in primary schools. We do not see Lederhosen as commonly in secondary schools where dress was more common.








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