Figure 1.--Here we see a German family scene in the 1930s. The boys both wear English-style school sandals without socks. Notice that the boys wear long-sleeve shirts even though it is a warm day, |
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German boys have generally not worn sandals without socks. We see some boys wearing them without socks, but wearing them with socks seems more common. This was primarily we believe because mothers thought it proper to wear socks. Another factor was probably the climate. Sandals in German were almost always worn in the summer when the weather was warm. This began to chnge somewhat in the 1990s and more boys are now seen wearing sandals without socks. One factor as been the increase un pooularity of the new sports sandals which have begun to compete with trendy sneakers. Boys wearing these sport sandals are more likely to do so without socks. With the sport-sandals from Nike, Teva etc. in the 1990s, German boys have begun increasingly to wear sandals without socks, although it is still more common to wear them with socks.
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