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The age at which boys have worn rompers have varied over time thus complicating our assessment here. A French reader tells us that rompers were typical for boys 6 months to 6 years from the mid 1930s through the mid 1950s. This was the classic period for rompers in France. Infants are still dressed in rompers in France, but not as commonly as in the classic period. Also infant girls are now dressed in rompers.
A French reader tells us, "This baby boy must have been baptised. but he isn't wearing his wrist bracelette ( gourmette ) even though he was the son of a rich family. And we don't know why. The child's wrist bracelette is normaly worn on the left, but the trend among old bourgoisy families is rather right, like girls did,"
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