Figure 1.--This 1923 photograph shows an American boy about 3-4 years old wearing a button-on sailor suit. Notice the vertical stripes on the boy's socks. |
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The button-on Oliver Twt suits continued to be popular in the 1920s. The sailor suit continued to be popular for button-on outfits for younger boys. One 1923 photograph shows an American boy about 3-4 years old wearing a button-on sailor suit. These button-on sailor suits were usually included in with the Olivr Twist suits in catalog pages. The oufutson the previous page are good examples as is the sailor uit here (figure 1). Many American children continued wearing long stockings and stocking supporters. Although we do not see supender and H-bar shorts to any extent in America, we do see bib-front shorts and longs--these were done as alay style. An exception to the suspender shorts being orimarily a European style was dress shorts, often worn as part of Eton suits. The front of these suspender shorts buttone oto the pants. , although we do see bib-front shorts and longs.
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