Figure 1.--This French boy hasn't had his hair cut yet. He was photographed in the late 1940s wearing a a classic romper suit. Notice the smocking and embridery on the bodice.

Rompers are one of the garments on which both smocking and are embroidery are used for trim or decoration. Emroidery and or smocking can be used on both one piece rompers and the blouses worn with romper bottoms, such as suspender rompers and button-on rompers. Often the rompers and smocks were colored or were patterns like gingham (vichy). Rompers are of much more recent origin than smocks and generally worn by younger boys. Both smocking and embroidery were common on rompers, but we do not have information on chronologial trends. The smocking and embroidery used on smocks and rompers are quite similar. This is because the top or bodice of a romper and smock are essentially identical. A good example is Daniel about 1951.