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We have some limited information on country trends. They were very common in America. We also see them beung widely worn in Europe. Here the pattern varied chronolgically. American trens in the mid-19th century seem nasically a relection of European trends, By the late-19th century we see destinctive Anerican trends. We note many American boys wearing bloomer knickers with tunic suits at the turn of the 20th century. Tunic suits with bloomer knickers were one of the most popular styles for younger boys. Almost always American boys wore their tunic suits with bloomer knickers. They were not much worn otherwise. Ameican boys other tham these tunic suits were more likely to wear knee pants. We do see bloomer knickers being widely witn in Europe and not just with tunic suits. A French reader tells us that they were not very common in France, but we see quite a number of images of French boys wearing them. We also note them in Germany and other European countries. We see some British boys wearing them, but they seen more popular in France.
Bloomer knickers were very common in America. We also see them being widely worn in Europe. Here the pattern varied chronolgically. American trend in the mid-19th century seem basically a refection of European trends, We see younger boys wearing a variety of fancy suits with bloomer knickers. By the late-19th century we see destinctive Anerican trends. We note many American boys wearing bloomer knickers with tunic suits at the turn of the 20th century. Tunic suits with bloomer knickers were one of the most popular styles for younger boys. Almost always American boys wore their tunic suits with bloomer knickers. At the time that tunic suits becme popular at about the turn of the 20th century, most American boys wore knee pants, but by the 1910s, knickers were more common, especially for older boys. We are not sure to what extent bloomer knickers were worn other than with tunic suits. We see boys of all ages wearing knickers, but it is not always clear if they are bloomer knickers or regular knickers.
We see Austrian boys wearing bloomer knickers with a range of garments. They were worn with boyj blouses and tunuc suits. We also note boys at the tutn of the 20th century wearing them with suits. Our Autrian archive is limited so we have little information on the mid-19th century. But we notice boys wearinf suits with bloomer knickers in the late 19th century and early 20th century. This was different than in America where suits at the time were mostly worn with knee pants.
We see some English boys wearing them, but they seen more popular in France.
We see bloomer knickers being widely throughout Europe and not just with tunic suits. They seem particularly popular in France. A French reader tells us that they were not very common in France, but we see quite a number of images of French boys wearing them.
We also note German boys wearing bloomer knickers. We notice them bring worn in the 19th century. We have little informatiin about the mid-19th century, but we note them in the late-9th and early 20th century.
We note Russian boys during the Tsarist era wearing bloomer knickers. Notice the Russian boy whom Tolstoy is conversing with in 1905 (figure 2). This boy wears bloomer knickers that are constructed with a tight elastic closure at the knee hem. I do not know what they were called in Russia. They would have been worn by city boys from Russia's relative small upper and middle class.
