Figure 1.--This is a Noyr photo postcard showing two brothers holding each other, probaly in the 1940s or very early-1950s. Both boys wear bib-front outfits with puff-psleve blouses. The older boy wears rompers and the younger boys shorts. We are not entirely sure of te conventions involved, we might have thought that the younger boy would wear the rompers. They look to be about 3-6 years of age.

We also notice Belgian boys bib-front rompers. Bib-front shorts and long pants were primarily a play style. Ghe bib was a protective not a fancy device. And these seem to have been priamrily play outfits in Belgium, but we also boys wearing them for formal portraits. In France these bib-front rompers were often used for beachwear. We suspect that the same was true in Belgium. We tend to see somewhat older boys wearin bib-front rompers than one-piece romper suits, boys pergaps as old as 6-7 years of age. Given our limited achive, however, we can not yet make valid assessment. We see the bib-front rompers in differet colors and patterns and fabrics, depnding on the use involved. This also affected the shirt or blouse to be worn with them. Even a play romper might have a formal work if worn with a fancy blouse. For beach wear a boy might not wear a shirt. We notice these bib-front rompers during the 1930s-50s. We may find the the actualy chronology may be wider as our archive expands. They duid continue in the 60s, but for only very young boys.

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