Figure 1.--This Belgian boy in 1965 wears a tuxedo-like formal suit for his First Communion.
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Figure 1.--This Belgian boy in 1965 wears a tuxedo-like formal suit for his First Communion. |
HBC has only limited information on Belgian First Communion suits in the 1960s. We have acquired one portrait of a boy in a
formal, tuxedo like short black jacket. The suit has grey trousers with stripes. We believe hat most boys wore more informal
suits. Some boys appear to have done their First Communions in white shirts without jackets.
The boy's hair cut here looks reminiscent of hair styles that were popular in the 1950s in America, I'm not sure what it was called or how popular it was in Belgium. The front haor is swept back ober his head. He seems to wear a black jacket with satin lapels and a contrasting pair of long pants with black satin stripe. He wears a vest under the jacket and a white shirt with cufflinks. Rather than a tie thecwears a small bow. The bow is eother white or a light pastel.
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