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The Netherlands by the 1970s had become one of the most prosperous countries in the world. The country's prosperoty was shared by every segment of the population. Families had the disposable income to afford extensive wardrobes for their children. This meant extensive wardrobes of casual clothes rather tahn the formal clothes boys once role. Dutch boys by the 1970s were adopting the pan-European styles of jeans, "T"-shirts, and other casual styles. Boys were less commonly wearing short pants suits, but short pants were still common--although increasingly being worn seasonally. Rather short pants became popular in the 1970s. Dutch styles at the time were very similar to German styles. A Dutch reader has provided us a detailed assessment of Dutch fashion trends in the 1970s.
The Netherlands by the 1970s had become one of the most prosperous countries in the world. The country's prosperoty was shared by every segment of the population. Families had the disposable income to afford extensive wardrobes for their children. This meant extensive wardrobes of casual clothes rather tahn the formal clothes boys once role.
Dutch boys by the 1970s were adopting the pan-European styles of jeans, "T"-shirts, and other casual styles. Boys were less commonly wearing short pants suits, but short pants were still common--although increasingly being worn seasonally. Rather short pants became popular in the 1970s. Dutch styles at the time were very similar to German styles.
A Dutch reader has provided us a detailed assessment of Dutch fashion trends in the 1970s.
He reports that many modern trends were not common in the Netherlands during the 1960s, except in Amsterdam an the larger cities. Thus he suggests that in fashion terms the 1960s did not begin until the 1970s. He tells us that "It took a few years before the new era had reached the majority of Holland including the younger boys, so for them the 1960s started around 1970."
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