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We have noted many German boys wearing H-bar pants. Most of the images we have noted are the younger boys in primary schools. A reader writes, "In Austria and Germany, H-bar pants were quite common. Beside the praticality of keeping the suspender straps in place, the style was influenced by the popularity of lederhosen. Many mothers were fond of the lederhosen style. Thus they also made suspenders style for wool pants as well." We have perhaps noted H-bar pants in Germany because we have a larger archive of images from Germany especially. Readers from Germany have been regular contributors to HBC. Currently we would say that H-bar pants in Germany while a common style, were less common than in Austria. There may have been regional differences in Germany. Here we do not have enough information to assess at this time. We note a German boy who we think is wearing H-bar shorts, prbably in the 1920s. We note a stylish German mother has all her three boys in 1939 wearing H-bar shorts. We note a German boy with his mother, probably during early 1940s. We note boys from the former royal family wearing H-bar and suspender shorts in 1952.
The German term for short pants is " kurze Hosen ". We are not sure what the term for H-bar shorts is. I have asked some of our German reades, but they are not sure about the proper term. Hopefully a German reader will know the proper term.
We have noted many German boys wearing H-bar pants. It seems to have been a popular style. We are unsure if the popularity was a practical matter or more of a fashion statement. The cross bar was practical, keepingvthe suspender straps from sliping off the boy's shoulders. There was also a fashion element, at least in Germany. H-bar pants looked rather like Lederhosen. The H-bar was comparable to a Lederhosen halter. Notably, H-bar shorts were more common in Austria and Germany than in other countries. A reader writes, "In Austria and Germany, H-bar pants were quite common. Beside the praticality of keeping the suspender straps in place, the style was influenced by the popularity of lederhosen. Many mothers were fond of the lederhosen style. Thus they also made suspenders style for wool pants as well." We have perhaps noted H-bar pants in Germany because we have a larger archive of images from Germany especially. They seem, howver, much less common in other countries.
Most of the images we have noted are the younger boys in primary schools. We note bothpre-school and primary school children wearing them. We do not commonly note teenagers wearing them. The age range seems similar to that for suspender shorts. The H-bars were much less common for long pants, primarily because boys in the H-bar range mostly wore short pants.
Readers from Germany have been regular contributors to HBC. Currently we would say that H-bar pants in Germany while a common style, were less common than in Austria. There may have been regional differences in Germany.
We do not have enough information to assess chronological conventions for H-bar shorts yet. We are not yet sure in particular about the 1910s. We tend to note H-bar pants in Germany most commonly from the 1920s through the 1940s. They begin to become less common in the 1950s. We note a German boy who we think is wearing H-bar shorts, prbably in the 1920s. We note a stylish German mother has all her three boys in 1939 wearing H-bar shorts. We note a German boy with his mother, probably during early 1940s. We note boys from the former royal family wearing H-bar and suspender shorts in 1952.
We see girls wearing H-bar for skirts, but at the time H-bar shorts were commonly worn, girls did not wear shorts or other types of pants.
