Figure 1.--erman boys wore rompers primarily as a comfortable plat garment dyring warm summer weather. This snapshot looks to have been taken in the 1930s. |
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Rompers were a simple, flexible one-piece style for boys. They seem to have been primarily a play garment, an easy way for mothers to dress little boys for play or casual wear. We see some dressy rompers, but the great majority of the images we have fond in the photiographic recird are play outfits. The romper play suits tend to be plain and practical. We see many different styles of play rompers. This mean primarily outdoor play during the summer. Thus included both romper suits and rompers with bib fronts. Summer rompers for the summer were made with bib fronts or sometimes no bib at all, just the bottom bit. The older boy here is an excample (figure 1). This made for a comfortable garment in hot summer weather. Play rompers were made in practical fabric, either durable or inexpensive easy to was fabrics. We see both solid colors and patterns. We see them wearing these romper play outfits around hime in what look like back gardens. This may suggest a social class factor or the age of the boys. Some of the images like the boy here kook old enojugh to begin school. We also notice quite a few boys wearing these romper play outfits as beachwear. Again the beachwear outfits were worn in the different types of romper outfits.
Rompers were a simple, flexible one-piece style for boys. They seem to have been primarily a play garment, an easy way for mothers to dress little boys for play or casual wear. We see some dressy rompers, but the great majority of the images we have fond in the photiographic recird are play outfits. The romper play suits tend to be plain and practical. We see many different styles of play rompers. This mean primarily outdoor play during the summer. Thus included both romper suits and rompers with bib fronts. Summer rompers for the summer were made with bib fronts or sometimes no bib at all, just the bottom bit. The older boy here is an excample (figure 1). This made for a comfortable garment in hot summer weather. Play rompers were made in practical fabric, either durable or inexpensive easy to was fabrics. We see both solid colors and patterns. We see them wearing these romper play outfits around home in what look like back gardens. This may suggest a social class factor or the age of the boys. Some of the images like the boy here look old enough to begin school. Some of the younger boys nmay have been outfitted in rompers because they accomodated diapers. The older boys seem to have worn them because their mothers saw them as stylish.
We also notice quite a few boys wearing these romper olay outfits as beachwear. This is actually another type of playwear, although some seem to be meant specifically for beachwear. Again the beachwear outfits were worn in the different types of romper outfits. This mean mostly the bib-front or susoebnder strap rompers rather than full romper suits. Given the age of the boys, they were not swimsuits, but rather outfits for playing on the beach or wading in the surf. The boys wearing rompers as beach wear seem to be about the sane age as wearing them as playwear. We do not know of any practical reason for wearing rompers as beach wear instead of standard short pants or trunk beachwear. As far as we know it was just a matter of style.
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