Figure 1.--These brothers dressed up in identical sailor suits for a formal portrait. The sailor suits were probably their best outfits. The portrait is undated, but we would guess the early-1920s. |
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Germany boys wore sailor suits both for dress and play wear as well as for school. Boys, especially younger boys commonly wore sailor suits to school. They could be worn to dressy occasions instead of a suit. Some boys wore sailor suits as their best outfit. The sailor suit was a very flexible garment. Boys also wore them as casual or play wear. There were some sailor suits that were only worn for formal occassions. The popular styling for sailor suits by the 1920s had become fairly standardized. Play and dress sailor suits might be differentiated by the material used. In other cases boys might use older sailor suits as olay suits. Thus we see boys dressing up an playing in essentially the same sttles. Jeans at he time were not worn in Germany and would not becoe popular until well after World War II. Another casual style which was becoming popular in the 1920s were lederhosen, but on a regional basis. Lederhosen were, however, never worn with sailor suits.
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