Figure 1.--Here we see a German boy wearing a double breasted suit with dark tan or brown long stovkings. The portrait is undated. We might guess the 1930s, but the patterened shirt looks more like the 40s. |
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In most cases boys' long stockings were brown like the earth or as many remember, as chocolade. Also light brown stockings appeared. Notice how dark the stockings the boy here is wearing, presumably a dark brown or tan (figure 1). Notice that these stockings are clearly not white, but look at least in black and white photographs to be a natural flesh tone. We assume that it was probably a tan color. Gradually lighter shades became the most common. These lighter shades become common in thge 1920s. A good example is a German boy about 1927. Unfortunately the black and white photography of the day greatly complicates assessing color trends. Dark long stockings did not entirely disappear and might be worn for formal occassions. It was the lighter colors, however that contiued to be worn in West Germany until the late 1950s and into the 1960s in East Germany. When tights appeared in the late 1950s and early 60s, a much greater variety of colors appeared.
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