Figure 1.-- The boy here is wearing a white or light colored sailor suit without any detailing. He has bloomer above-the-knee pants and a wide-brimmed sailor hat. Note how the boys sailor scarfe is tied, more like a floppy collar bow than a sailor neckerchief. The portrait was proably painted about 1910. Click on the image for more information.

The sailor suit was a popular garment in Greece as in much of the rest of Europe. Our information is still limited, but we have begun to collect some basic information. HBC notes a portrait of a boy in a traditionally styled kneepants sailor suit in the 1870s. We are not sure how common these suits were at this time. We suspect that they were mostlt worn by boys from relatively affluent families in the larger cities. Another portrait probablt from the 1910s shows a boy wearing a white sailor suit with bloomer knickers. We suspect by this time that the sailor suit fashion was much more widespread in Greece. We note that it seems less common to wear sailor suits with long stckings than it was in the more northerly European countries. Boys in other European countries commonly wore sailor suits to school. This was also probably the case in Greece, at least in the cities.

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