We are no possitive when long stockings first appeared in Germany. Like America we suspect that it was probably in the 1860s when boys first began to commonly wear shortenened length trousers. Long stockings were worn in Germany in the late 19th century much as they were in many other European countries. Most boys wearing knee
pants wore them. We have, however, limited information on German boys' clothes during the 19th century. We note most German boys, even school age boys wearing long pants through the 1870s. We begin to see more boys wearing knee pants and long stockings in the 1880s. A German reader tells us that he notes a destinct change in school portaits about 1885 with more and more boys wearing knee pants and long stockings.
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