Figure 1.--Here we see the beginning class of 6 year olds (CP-1) at a Paris primary school in 1952. Most of the boys wear short pantsx, but one boy wears a bib-front romper. In primary school these bib-front or suspender rompers were more common than full romper suits.

As boys began school at about age 6 years, rompers were not not commonly worn after age 6 years. But some 6 year olds did wear rompers and some wore them to primary school. One 1950 sewing pattern showed a 5-6 years old boying playing at home in a romper bottom outfit that had an elastic waist band. The photograph record shows that 6 years olds did wear rompers. It was not real common because rompers were mostly seen as a pre-school garment, but some mothers dressed boys for school in rompers. It is not always clear in available image how old the boys were. School portraits are hlpful because we know boys began primary school at age 6. One photograph shows two brothers, 4 and 6 years old, wearing matching rompers in 1949. Generaly in the 1940-50s it was rather the petit garçon modèle of 6 and even 7 years wich were dressed in rompers. We also see the brothers in romper suits for an outing in 1949.