Figure 1.-- Children in rural areas were more likely to dress in traditional clothing. This photograph was taken in 1948 during the French colonial period. Notice the boy wears a French-style jacket over traditional clothes. |
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Many Algerian children in the cities dressed in French styles, although long pants were more common than was the case for French children. A French reader tells us, "In Algeiers and other big cities, most of the children were
dressed in French styles. Algerian children in fural areas were more likely to wear traditional styles. We do not have details at this time on these traditional styles. One Algerian style was adopted by French mothers. A baby garment had an Algerian origin and is called : "Burnou". It was popular with French mothers from the early 20th century through the 1960s. It was a sort of cape with a hood made in wool. This garment waas very practical: quick put on and take off. It was elegant with the baby dresses or rompers . Normaly two pompons were place at the neck and one other at the hood." Children in rural areas were more likely to dress in traditional clothing.
Many Algerian children in the cities dressed in French styles, although long pants were more common than was the case for French children. A French reader tells us, "In Algeiers and other big cities, most of the children were dressed in French styles. It is difficult to differentiate between the French children in Algeria and in France, although the background sometimes is different enough to identify unidentified images.
Algerian children in fural areas were more likely to wear traditional styles. We do not have details at this time on these traditional styles. We have some images such as the one here showing Algerian children. Sometimes we notice the children wearing a mix of clothes. Note the boy here is wearing a French-style jacket (figure 1). We do not know the names of the traditgional clothes we see the Algerian children wearing. Another question we have is if there were differencies within Algeria. We do not know, for example, if the settled Algerians wore the same styles as the bedouins. Hopefully an Algerian reader will provide us some insights here. One Algerian style was adopted by French mothers. A baby garment had an Algerian origin and is called : "Burnou". It was popular with French mothers from the early 20th century through the 1960s. It was a sort of cape with a hood made in wool. This garment waas very practical: quick put on and take off. It was elegant with the baby dresses or rompers . Normaly two pompons were place at the neck and one other at the hood." Children in rural areas were more likely to dress in traditional clothing.
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