Figure 1.--This little German boy in 1965 wears a plaid shirt. Note that mothet has buttoned his collar even though this is a casual shirt. |
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We have noted a wide varierty of shietrs and shirt-like garmenrs worn in Germany. Styles were very formal in the 19th century, especially the late-19th century. Large formal collars were common. Shirt styles and dress conventions in general were still quite formal in the early 20th century. Geraman boys often wore wore stiff detachable collars when dressing up. After World War I (1914-18) more casuals styles prevailed, including a style of wide open collars called a Sciller collar. (In America they were called a sports collar.) This was the first style of short commonly worn as an open collar. Boys during the NAZI era (1933-45) wore the military styled shirt of the Hitler Youth. This military enfluence, however, does not seem to have carried over in other shirt styles. Colorful shirts such as checks and plaids became popular for school after World War II (1939-45). We have not noticed German boys extensively wearing button-down shirts. "T" shirts also became very popular after World War II. As in the United States, we notice many boys buttoning their shirt collars for school.
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