Figure 1.--These two German boys, perhaps brothers, were photographed in the late 1920s, perhaps the early 30s. Notice how they are wearing belts over their sweaters. |
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We are not yet sure to what extent belts were worn in the 19th century. Many German boys are wearing coats and vests in the 19th century. Thus we are not sure to what extent belts were worn Belts become more common in the 20th century, bit not in the early 20th century. We see many boys wearing suspenders in the early 20th century when it becme less common to wear jackets. Belts seem to have become increasingly popular after World War I. We are not sure precisely when belt loops were commonly added to pants in Germany. We note boys wearing belts over sweaters. Worn this way they had no practical value, only fashion. I'm not sure what this was all about. We see many German boys wearing belts by the 1930s. We believe a factor here was the Hitler Youth uniform. After World War II, suspenders become much less common and bots mostly wore belts. Younger boys were an exception here and for a time wore suspender shorts.
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