German Boys' Clothes: Garments--Neckwear


Figure 1.-- We have no information about this German boy. We are not sure where the portrait was taken as the photographer had two studios (Dresden and Leipzig). He wears a large white collar and polka-dot floppy bow. The collar is not an Eton collar, note the rounded tips. The portrait is undate, but we would guess some time in the early 20 century, perhaps about 1905. Note both the boy's hair style and the buttons with swirling color. Image courtesy of Album1900

We do not have much information on the neckwear German boys have worn. We do not know of any destinctive German neckwear styles. We have noted boys wearing folk costumes with string ties, but we note no destinctive German neckwear styles. The neckwear worn by German boys in indestinguishable from the styles worn in the rest of Europe. We do not yet know have enough information on Germany to know if there was any differences in the conventions and prevalence associated with neckwear in Germany. While our information is limited, we have begun to collect some basic information based on images we have found. Boys in the mid 19th century wore stocks like their fathers. We see boys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries wearing floppy bows. Notice the floppy bow the boy here wears, probably in the early 20th century. Unfortunately because of the black and white photography, we do not know what color the bow was. We don't know if they were as popular as in the rest of Europe. The same is true as with other neckwear styles. We first note neckties in the late 19th century. Bowties do not seem very common, but our information is still limited. Boys commonly wore neckerchiefs for youth groups after the introduction of Scouting in the early 20th century. As in other countrues, neckweak became increasingly less common for boys in the late 20th century.

Destinctive German Styles

We do not have much information on the neckwear German boys have worn. We do not know of any destinctive German neckwear styles. We have noted boys wearing folk costumes with string ties, but we note no destinctive German neckwear styles.

Conventions

The neckwear worn by German boys in indestinguishable from the styles worn in the rest of Europe. We do not yet know have enough information on Germany to know if there was any differences in the conventions and prevalence associated with neckwear in Germany.

Chronology

We have at this time only a very basic chronology on the neckweaer worn by German boys. Boys in the mid 19th century wore stocks like their fathers. We see boys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries wearing floppy bows. Notice the floppy bow the boy here wears, probably in the early 20th century. We first note neckties in the late 19th century. Bowties do not seem very common, but our information is still limited. Boys commonly wore neckerchiefs for youth groups after the introduction of Scouting in the early 20th century. As in other countrues, neckwear became increasingly less common for boys in the late 20th century.

Neckwear Types

German boys have worn a wide range of neckwear. We see boys wearing bowties, floppy bows, neckties, scarves, stocks, string ties, and other types of neckwear. While our information is limited, we have begun to collect some basic information on different types of neckwear worn by German boys based on images we have found.We do not have much information on the neckwear German boys have worn, but weare slowly building our archiveof suitable images. As far as we can tell, the neckwear German boys was basically the same as other European boys. There are a few noticeable German trends. First the scarves that boys wore with the very popular saolor suits were very destintively tied. It was a tight knot with a white cord. The scarfe was not allowed to hang loose. We also notice a wery wide red or green tie worn with Bavarian jackets and Lederhosen. String ties seem to have been popular in the post-World War II era.







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