Figure 1.--This boy in a 1999 spring fashion show wears a short pants suit with suspenders. Note the cuffs on the shorts. |
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The trend toward casual styles were clearly see in the 1990s when even suits might be worn in a casual manner. Boys except todlers generally wore longpants suits, but some short pants suits were still worn, almost always during the spring or summer. These suits appear to be more common in fashion shows than actually worn by boys. The boys that did wear short pants suits rarely wore them with kneesocks, they almost always wore ankle socks. The dominate style was single breasted suits. At the beginning of the decade, some boys still wore short cut shorts, but the French syle of longer shorts was becoming more popular. The pants by mid-decade were almost universally long, cut above the knee. The very long, baggyy shorts tht became popular in the 1990s were not usually worn with suits.
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