Canadian Trouser Types: Lederhosen


Figure 1.-- A French canadian reader tells us that he did buy a pair of Lederhoseb for his little girl during the 1980s. Put the cursor on the image for a better shot of the Lederhosen.

As in America and Britain we rarely see Canadian boys wearing Lederhosen. Short pants in general are not as common in Canada as in America and Britiain, but we also do not commonly see the knickers-length Lederhosen thjat are worn in Germany and Austria for skiing and cold weather wear. While Lederhosen were not common, some children did wear them. A French canadian reader tells us that he did buy a pair of Lederhoseb for his little girl. "Lederhosen were not common, but we did see them occassionally. My wife and I liked the quality and styling of European clothing for our children and we often purchased items from European mailorder companies. I think this was more common here in Quebec than in other parts of Canada. We especially liked Quelle. We bought a pair of Lederhosen for her when she was 5 years old during the 1980s. They were a standard boy's grey pair. She complained that they were "stiff" when she first tried them on, but as she wore them a bit they became more comfortable and she wore them for several years."








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Created: 4:15 PM 11/7/2006
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