Figure 1.--Here I am in 1950 pr 51 wearing a romper suit with decorative smocking. This was a classic style. Many French boys wore rompers like this. |
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Smocking was a popular decoration for rompers. The term rerived from the decoration on smocks. When rompers became populs in France, the same decoration was appropriated for decorating the rompers. Some smocks and rompers had pleated fronts. Others were plain. Smocking ws another popular decoration. This was the case in France as well as other countries. one of my rompers had smocked fronts. This was a classic style. Many French boys wiore rompers with the decorative smocking like this.
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