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British fashions were somewhat more formal than American fashions, including for boys. Boys in America were wearing suits less in Britain where suits continued to be more important in the 1960s, especially for school. Boys short pants suits were common in England during the first half of the 20th century. In the late 19th and early 20th-century we see knee pants and knicker suits, but after World War I (1914-18) in the 1920s we see mostly short pant suits for younger boys and long pants suits for boys after the early-teens. (In Britain the proper term is trousers.) This continued into the 1950s. After World War II (1939-45), long pants suits began to become increasingly common. By the 1960s this long pants suits were becoming more common. And the short pants suit that we still see were increasingly school m uniform suits. Some schools had suits ss school uniforms rather than blazers which were seen as somewhat more casual. (Some schools had both, but by the 60s schools were beginning to simplify uniforms requirements.) The advertisement on the previous page is an English advertisement for school suits (figure 1). We are not sure where and when it appeared. It looks like an early 1960s ad to us. The use of the old monetary system helps to date it. We are not sure how the sizes here compare with age. Note that knicker is being used in the sense of short trousers. This is an older term which we do not notice being used after the early-60s. users. This is an older term which we do not notice being used after the early-1960s.
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