Figure 1.--Here we see n unidentified painted family portrait. Is undated, but we would guess was painted in the 1970s. The boy looks to be about 6 years old. He wears grey shortalls with white knee socks. Notice the black swan aplique. |
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We continue to see shortalls in the 1970s. They were not as common as in the 1960s, but were still worn by some very young primary school boys. The primary age group was pre-school, but we see some boys in first abd even 2nd grade wearing them, although not commonly to school. We note them less commonly being woirn for play and incresing as smart casual dress, often with knee socks. We see shortlls being worn even for formal portrits as well as parties and church. The portrait here is a good example (figure 1). A factor with wearing dhoirtalls for firmal occassioins is that suits for boys were becoming less common, especially for younger boys. We also see fewer boys wearing blouses with Eton and Peter Pan collars. Regular pointed collars were becoming more common. We also see shortalls being done with oveall-type buckle straps rather than the continuous back-front fabric shoulder connection fairly universal in the 1960s. We aldo note less use of plaid material.
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