Figure 1.--This unidentified German boy wears a traditional dark-blue sailor suit with light-colored long stockings. They were probably a light-brown shade like tan. This color was very common in the 1920s and 30s.

We notice the boys wearing hosiery that both matched or contrasted with their sailor suits. As most sailor suits were either dark blue or white, this meant either black/dark blue or white stockings. We see German boys wearing eitherboth the matching or the contrasting color. Black hosiery ehich mtched the fark suits were the most common approach. After World War I, we see more children wearing hosiery that no longer matched the color of their their sailor suits. These were light brown tan tones that became popular, especially for stockings. Grey was also popular, especially for knee socks. Matching hosiery became much less common. We think this was because the tan anf grey hosiery became so common in Germany during the 1920s and 30s. As a result children might not have other colors or idf they did they were sabed for best. We so see children with hosiery that matched their sailor suits, but this was much less common than before World War I. It was more common for formal events.

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