Figure 1.--Here we see French children during the summer, we think in the 1930s. They are all wearing sandals. The girl is wearing white knee sicks. Her brother is mot wearing sicksd. |
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We note French boys wearing sandals with and without socks. This seems to be largely a seasonal choice. Sandals were worn with socks, often white socks. This could be for school, cassual occasions, or dressing up. Boys could wear sandals for dress occassions. If so they mormally wore socks. Younger boys might also wear strap shoes. It is often difficult to descrinate between the two. Boys wearing suits with sandals often wore kneesocks or short socks. Sandals were also worn during the summer, often worn with ankle socks or no socks at all. This was comparable to usage in England. We see quite a number of French boy wearing sandals without socks during the dummer for play. Not all boys wore sandals without socks during the summer, but many did.
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