Figure 1.--Sandals become very popular for German boys by the 1970s. The style commonly worn was open-toe sandals. They were worn both with and without socks. |
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German boys in the early 1970s still commonly wore open toe sandals. By the mid-1970s, however, they declined in popularity. American-style sneakers became much more popular with German boys as with other European boys. From the mid-1970s on boys began to look on sandals as girlish. Some mothers liked the style, however, and insisted on their boys wearing them during the summer. Boys in sandals were often teased by the other boys who didnīt wear them.
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