Figure 1.--This unidentified German boy wears what looks like a white dress with a black belt. Note is riunded-crownhat. He looks to be about 5 years old. The CDV is undated, but looks like the 1860s. The studio was F. Raps in Coeln / Cologne. |
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The Germans seem to have a penchnts for belts. By this we mean using belts as a fashion statement or accesory rather than the practical purpose of hlding up trousers. We note, for example, German boys wearing belts over sweaters for no practical reason. We see this in other countries as well, but seems most pronounced in Germany. We also see this with skirted garments. Tunics are the most obvious example, but we note boys in other countries wearing belts with tunics, but again this seems most pronounced in Germany. And often this meant a belt looking item and not just a belt-like item in the same fabric as the tunic itself. We do not notice German boys wearing smocks to any extent, but this was another skirted garment often worn with belts. we see a few boys wearing belts over dresses. As far as we can tell, this was only for boys weaing dresses and not girls. This is not to say that most Germsn boys wearing dresses wore them with belts, but we do see this more in Germany than other countries.
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