We wears Figure 1.--This Hungarian cabinet portrait shows two unidentified Budapest brothers who look to be about 7-12 years old. The older boy holds a violin. The younger boy wears a sailor suit with an Eton collar. We see German mothers commonly adding extra collars to sailor suits. The sailor collar seems rather large. Apparently they did not think a sailor suit was formal enough. His older brother wears a double-breasted suit with a more mature wing collar. As was common at the time, the boys have close-cropped hair. The portrait is undated, but looks to us like the 1890s or perhaps the 1900s. The Studios was Gerber S.

We see Hungarian boys wearing the same standard suits as worn by boys throughout Europe. Our Hungarian archive is limited, so we do not yet know much about Hugarian suit styles. We do have a few images so we have begun to assess the suits worn by Hungarian boys. We note both collar-buttoning jackets as well as lapel jackets, including single- and double-breasted styles. Norfolk jackets were for a time popular. We see other styles as well. The sailor suit and double-breasted sack suits were populat at the tun-o-the 20th century. This is one of the fashion trends tjht occurred throughout Europe. Gradually as in other countries the sinle-breasted jacket gradually became standard. The pants worn with the suits included short pants, knee pants, knickers, and long pants. As in other European countries, after World war I and especilly after the 1960s, long pants became standard for all but the youngest boya. The large German fashion industry seem important in Hungary along with Austrian fashions. In many instances like the outfits the boys here are wearing (figure 1). There are of course many similarities. The styles are so similar that it would be difficult to identify the nationality unless the natioality is indicated unless there are some distinctive stylisic touches. We do not notice any destinctive Hungarian suits, but in some cases there id detailing that hekps identify Hungrin suita. These were not very common with standard suits.

Chronology

As far as we call tell, Hungarian suit trends are rouhjly the sameas Germn/Austrian trends. This is basiclly a reflection of the fact that Hungary was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1866-1918) and before that the Austrian empire and as a result toed into the German world and the German fashion industry. We do not yet have a large enough Hingarian archive to test out this theory, but as HBC grows we hope to be able to follow Hungarian fashion trends in detail. The brothers here t the turn-of-the 19th cntury look to u to be drssed just like Austrian or German boys from a middle-class family might dress. We are not sure wht hppend after World War II as regards linksto Germany. Links to West Germany of course were boken, but East Germany, howver poorly it did compard to West Grmany, was the economic dyamo of the Soviet Empire. Nor do we know what hs hppned after the fall of Communism (1989), but by that time, fashion ghrought the continent was headed toward pan-European styles and you could no longer tell where a boy was from baed on how he dressed.

Garments

We see Hungarian boys wearing the same standard suits as worn by boys throughout Europe. As in all Europen coutries, the the three major suit garments are jackers, vests, and pants. There are other garments associated uth suits, but jackets, vests, and pants are the three major garments. Vet were optionl, but very common in the 19th and early-20th century. Most of the styling in a suit is in the jacket and as result, the style of th suit is usully based on the type of jacket. We see Hungrian boys wearing suits with vests in the 19th abd early-20th century. We do not yet have much information on Hungarian vests, but e belives trends were roughly the same as those in Austria and Germany. And we believe vests become much less common after World War I. We see Hungarian boys wearing the same basic types of pants as in Austria and Germany. The pants worn with the suits included short pants, knee pants, knickers, and long pants. Knee pants and short pants were common during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. This was at first for younger boys, but eventually teen agers, especially younger teens, also wore the shortened-length pants. As in other European countries, after World War I and especilly after the 1960s, long pants became standard for all but the youngest boys. These are all trends that followed if not mirrored fashion tends in Austria and Germany.

German Fashions

The large German fashion industry seem important in Hungary along with Austrian fashions. In many instances like the outfits the boys here are wearing (figure 1). There are of course many similarities. The styles are so similar that it would be difficult to identify the nationality unless the natioality is indicated unless there are some distinctive stylisic touches. We do not notice any destinctive Hungarian suits, but in some cases there is detailing that hekps identify Hungrin suita. These were not very common with standard suits.

Ages

We have not yet been able to develop informatin on Hungarian suit age convetions. Our Hungarian archive is still quite small.

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