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We note German boys wearing strap shoes with a wide range of different garments. Of course this varried over time. The strap shoe was a classic shoe style and is still worn. Thus it was worn with many differenbt outfits as clothing styles changes. We note boys wearing dresses, tunic suits, velvet suits, sailor suits and many other outfits wiyth strap shoes. Sailor suits were especially common, primarily because they wre so extensively worn by German boys over such a long period. Some outfits are difficult to describe. Strap shoes for formal occasions were normally worn with white socks, both three-quarter socks and kneesocks. We notice several images with white socks that had stripes or designs during the early 20th century, but plain white socks were more common by the 1930s.
We note boys wearing dresses and tunic suits. A few boys wore kilt outfits, but they were not very common.
We note a few boys wearing Fauntkleroy and other fancy velvet suits.
Sailor suits were extremely popular in Germany and were often worn with strap shoes. Sailor suits were especially common, primarily because they wre so extensively worn by German boys over such a long period.
There are many different juvenile suits worn by younger boys that we see being worn with strap shoes. The boy here with the goat wears a suit wuth an open collar look. They 19th century suits seem most common in the late-19th century. The 20th century suits mistly date to the early part of the cntury (1900-40). The suit the boy with goat hee is a good example (figure 1). They are many different styles. Some may be home sewn rather than ready made. Some may be plays on Fauntleroy suits, sailor suits, Oliver Twist suits and other familiar styles. Some are suits that seem one of a kinds, srtles we dp not see again. The late-19th century suits were done with knee pants and knickers 1880-90). The early 20th century suits commonly were uually done with knee pants or short pants (1900-40). They made have some similarity to standard boys suits.
Older boys would wear suits when dressing up. Younger boys might dress up with a blouse without a jacket. Here age conventions varied over time. We do not yet have information on blouses outfits and strap shoes in the 19th century. We see boys in the early-20th century we see boys wearing strap shoes which fancy, formal blouse outfits. There were a variety of blouse styles. Most seem to have been white. Some were very fancy, but we also see plasin styles as well. These fancy blouses were often worn with short pants, white socks, and formal strap shoes. Black strap shoes seem the nost common, but thee were also colored shoes as well.
We see German children wearing strap shoes with a wide range of hosiery. Strap shoes for formal occasions were commonly worn with socks, including ankle, three-quarter, and knee socks as well as long stockings. Wee only begin to see large numbers of photographic images (1860s). We see some boys wearing sreap sdhoes with white or light colored long stockings. We also notice strap shoes woen with long stockings. The hosiery in the late-19th century was usually black or other dark colors (1870s-90s), but the black and white photography of the day makes it difficult to tell what colors were worn. There were also long stockings with banded colors. After the turn of the 20th century we begin to see white hosiery more commonly. We notice several images with white socks that had stripes or designs during the early 20th century, but plain white socks were more common by the 1930s. The 1930s were the last decadee see many boys wearing strap shoes. Girls commonly wore strap shoes with white socks.
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