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Our information on Swiss boys clothes in the 20th century is also limited. We do not have a large Swiss archive. And we are unsure about Swiss style in the early-20 century. We think that they were basically the same as French and German styles, but do not yet have the images to confirm thus. Short pants and knee socks became increasing popular by the 1920s. The developing Scout movement may have been a factor here. By the 1920s most younger Swiss boys wore short panrs, often with long stockings at least during the winter. Lederhosen, or leather shorts, appear to have develope earlier out of folk dress and were more popular with German than French speaking families. During the winter they might wear knickers or continuing wearing shorts, but with long over the knee stockings to keep warm. French-speaking boys in the 1940s an 50s still commonly wore smocks an shorts to school. Smocks were not, however, commonly worn by German-speaking boys. We see this dichotomy shool portraits. Knickers were worn by some older boys. Tights appeared in the 1950s. Short pants wre still common in the 1950s. Here we see a good sampling of Frencg children's styles in the 1950s (figure 1). Boys increasingly wore long pants by the 1960s as American styles like jeans began to take hold. Fewer and fewer boys by the 1960s were wearing smocks and shorts to school. Today Swiss boys clothes is similar to the pan-European styles now prevalent.
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