Figure 1.--

Dutch boys have worn several different types of suit pants, including kneepants, short pants, knickers, and long pants. The popularity of these types varied over time and among boys of different ages. Trens were simikar to nrigboring countries, esoecially Britain and Germany. Boys wore long pants with skeleton suits in the eaely-19th century. We begin to see various types of shortened-pants worn with suits at mid-century by younger boys from fashionable families. By the late-19th century we begin to see older boys wearing knee pants and knickers. After World War I, short pants began widely worn through the early-teens. Short pants suits were widely worn in the inter-War and post-World War II period. A good example is Jongetje Lanen in 1970. Short pants suits declined in popularity during the 1970s. By about age 15 years we see most boys wearing knickers or long trouswers. Some boys continued wearing short pants into their teens. A good example is 16-year old Frans Leferink in 1927. There were many variations such as the length of the knee, short, and knicker pants and the cut of the long pants. The time line of these different suits types varied. To some extent one type relaced the other, but often to the extent they overlapped. There were age conventions associate with the choice of pants, although since the 1960s, most boys have worn long pants suits.

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