Figure 1.--This romper suit was illustrated in a 1951 Dutch woman's magazine. I'm not sire, however, what sizes it was made in.
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Figure 1.--This romper suit was illustrated in a 1951 Dutch woman's magazine. I'm not sire, however, what sizes it was made in. |
Rompers were a style for yonger boys. They were primarily worn by pre-school boys. Very young boys wore them even infants as young as 1 years of age and now even younger boys and girls. Boys up to 5 or 6 years old might wear them, usually pre-school boys. After boys began school they were lkess likely to wear rompers. Some slightly older boys, however did wear them. HBC has noted photographs of boys as old as old as 7-8 years wear them--both the dressy and play suit styles. This appears, hoerver, not to have been the general pattern. Older boys wearing rompers appear to have primarily been boys from affluent families. The age conventions for rompers have changed over time. It was more common for older bous of 5 and 6 to wear rompers in the 1950s than is the case today where they are primarily worn by very young children. There may also have been different age conventions for different types of romper suits such as the beachwear subnsuits or the rompers with a full top, even long sleeves.
Rompers were a style for yonger boys. They were primarily worn by pre-school boys.
Very young boys wore them even infants as young as 1 years of age and now even younger boys and girls. Currently rompers are only worn by boys up to about age 2 years.
Very young boys wore rompers as young as 1 years of age and now even younger boys and girls. We are not sure if infants wore them in the earlier years.
Boys up to 5 or 6 years old might wear them, usually pre-school boys. After boys began school they were lkess likely to wear rompers. Some slightly older boys, however did wear them. HBC has noted photographs of boys as old as old as 7-8 years wear them--both the dressy and play suit styles. This appears, however, not to have been the general pattern.
Dressy suspender: We have noted one boy in 1952 who looks to be about 4 or 5 years old wearing a dressy suspender type romper. A smocked Peter Pan blouse heps to give it a dressy appearance. Many Dutch boys his age appears to have worn these romper outfits.
HBC has noted photographs of boys as old as old as 7-8 years wear them--both the dressy and play suit styles. This appears, however, not to have been the general pattern.
Sun suit: We have noted one boy in 1951 who looks to be about 7 or 8 years old wearing a sun-suit type romper for beachwear. His sister wears a coordinated outfit, but with a skirt and not romper bottoms. I'm not sure how popular rompers were for boys this age, but they look to have been more common with younger boys.
HBC does not fully understand the social class variations concrning the romper garment. We beieve that rompers were most popular with affluent families. Older boys wearing rompers appear to have primarily been boys from affluent families.
The age conventions for rompers have changed over time. It was more common for older bous of 5 and 6 to wear rompers in the 1950s than is the case today where they are primarily worn by very young children.
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