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We're not sure when kneepants and knicker suits first appeared in Germany nor the relative popularity of these two types of suits. We see both knee pants and knickers in the late-19th century. Knee pants were common, but not nearly as dominate as in America. We also see many boys wearing knickers. The fashions in the 19th century seems more like Britain. We think that many German boys like American boys shifted to knickers in the 1910s. But unlike America we do not see knee pants Virtually disappearig in Germany during the 1910s. We do not see the really baggy knickers as were popular in America, We see German boys wearing Little boys tended to still wear knee pants, but we see older boys wearing knickers suits. German boys still commonly wore kneepants and knicker suits in the early 20th century. After World War I (1914-18), short pants suits became increasingly common, gradually replacig kneepants suits. Knicker suits continued to be worn, but became a transitionsl style for teenagers between short pants and long pants. We see boys wearing quite long knicker suits in the 1940s. This may have been the impact of the Hitler Youth which adopted a ski-pants type winter uniform. After World War II (1939-45) knickers continue to be worn, but decline rapidly in popularity. A few German boys wore knickers in the early-50s, but they were not very common as boy began to see them as old fashioned.
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