Figure 1.--This German boy wears a belt to hold up his suit pants in 1929. Notice his school cap. |
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There were a wide range of suspension approaches. We continue to notice button-on styling in the 1920s. We also notice boys wearing susoender shorts. This was not a style we see very commonly before the War. We do not notice suspender pants and H-bar pants until after World War I. These styles were widely worn by younger boys. Short pants were the most common. The suspender shorts appears to have been particularly popular in Germany. Perhaps the similarity with lederhosen halters were a factor here. We do notice that belts are much more common after World War I. It is not always clear what boys wearing suits were waeing to hold up their trousers. Available images suggest more boys were wearing belts, even sith suits. We believe, however, that suspenders were still quite common.
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