Figure 1.--This wedding portrait was probably taken in the late 1920s. We arev not sure about the boy's rather unusual stockings arrangement. We are not yet sure it what country it wa taken. Imagevcourtesy of the RS collection. Click on the image to see the writing on the back. |
We had thought that the children here were a ring bearers and a flower girl. he girl looks to be a flower girl, but note that the boy does not have a pillow and ring. A reader familiar with Hungarian weding writes, "The boy is not a ring bearer, because this tradition doesn't exsit in Hungary. Rather he is a little Honor boy." The writing on the back of the portrait shows that this is a Hungarian wedding. The unidentified wedding portrait seen here was probably taken in the 1920s, probably th late 1920s. The shorts appear to be button or shorts, but the image is not clear enough to make much out about the boy's blouse. He seens to be wearing a white bow. Hecalso wears long over-the-knee white stockings. He also wears white gloves. We do not know, however, in what country the portrait was taken. I don't think I've ever seen an outfit quite like this little boy is wearing.
We had thought that the children here were a ring bearers and a flower girl. he girl looks to be a flower girl, but note that the boy does not have a pillow and ring. A reader familiar with Hungarian weding writes, "The boy is not a ring bearer, because this tradition doesn't exsit in Hungary. Rather he is a little Honor boy. Similaly the girl is a little Honor girl. These children followed the married couple. When necessery the Honor children hold the train of the bide's dress when they are enter and leave the church for the marriage ceremony. The little boy has white gloves, curiously the girl does not."
The writing on the back of the portrait shows that this is a Hungarian wedding. I'm not sure yet wht it says.
The unidentified wedding portrait seen here was probably taken in the 1920s, probably th late 1920s (figure 1). We based this primarily on the fact that the boy wears short cut short pants rarther rgab the longer shorts or even kneepants worn in the early 1920s. A HBC reader believes that the portrit more likely date from the 1930s. HBC agrees that this is possible, epecially the early 30s.
The shorts appear to be button or shorts, but the image is not clear enough to make much out about the boy's blouse. He seens to be wearing a white bow. Hecalso wears long over-the-knee white stockings. He also wears white gloves. We do not know, however, in what country the portrait was taken. I don't think I've ever seen an outfit quite like this little boy is wearing. I've seen short pants and knee socks, knickers and over the knee socks, but this outfit, although cute, is a little confusing to me. I wonder why it is that the boy is dressed in short pants, but has over the knee stockings (apparantly with a garter assembly that extends up under the short pants). I would think that something like this support assembly which was usually covered. We suspect that in the 1920s that as short pants were becoing cut shorter, especially for little boys, that mothers continued to use up any remaining long stockings which were normally designed for longer shorts. Perhaps mother was having trouble keeping his stockings to stay up. We do not think that this was actually a fashion style. At least wehave never seen another boy or girl for that matter wearing long stockings like this. A French reader writes, "These children are very elegant in a European style. They cold easily take part in a French wedding during the 1920-30s, except by the 1930s long stockings would have been unusual.
Th boy appears to have anormal hair cut. The girl has an elabrate hair style, almost a bee h
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