* long stockings: United States during the 1910s








U.S. Long Stockings: Chronology--The 1910s


Figure 1.--We see more boys wearing socks (mostly three-quater socks) during the 1910s, especially younger boys during the summer. Long stockings were, however, still the stanfard for school-age boys. Two related pictures of the same boy, taken on the same day--I'm not sure of the location. It must have been spring or summer because of the foliage unless the picture was taken in a tropical place like southern California or Florida (note the flowering tree in the background). Click on the image for more details

Long stockings continued to be widely worn in the 1910s. We do see some notable difference from the 1900s. Boys still wore long stockings, primarily black long stockings, but with knickers rather than knee socks. Lomg stockings were mostly woen when dressing up, but we see a lot more boys wearing three-quater socks during the summer, mostly younger boys. A few younger boys wore white long stockings. Seasonality was an increasingly important factor, although even in warm weather most boys wore long stockings. Quite a few younger boys wore three-quarter socks rather than long stockings. Most boys, however, wore long stockings even during the summer. The Boy Scouts appeared in the 1910s, but few boys wore short pants as in Europe. American Scouts wore knee socks rather than long stockings, but with breeches so the knee was covered up. We see younger teen agers wearing knickers and long stockings in 1910 at the A.F. School. This varied somewhat from family to family and at differentv schools. The Model-T made family camping possible. And even when camping we see long stockings. A good example is a boy on a family camping trip about 1915. Boys of all ages wore them. An example of a younger boy is Floyd Van Horne about 1915. Boys by the 1920s increasingly buckled their knickers below the knee. This tendency and the increasing popularity of short pants caused boys to shift to kneesocks. After the mid-1920s long stockings were not commonly worn in America or Britain, although they did not disappear. Boys might still wear long stockings for formal occasions, but this was we begin to see more variability for casual wear.








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