Figure 1.-Here a Japanese brother and sister have a snapshot taken in the snow during 1970. The girl wears a long pants suit. I don't think that was very common. Her brother wears what mught be called designer shorts. Ntice the flap pockets. I don't think this was a play outfit, but rather the children were dressed up for the photograph. A reader writes, "This is fashion photo, I suggest. The outfits are a co-ordinating brother/sister outfits. Note the stying of the pockets and the waist fastenings, these are very similar. The boys jacket is to the waist, and the girl's normal jacket length. I think the boys shorts are the same colour as the girl's suit. And they are longer than most boys at the tome were wearing."

We notice a variety of Japanese short pants with designer elements meaning non-standard treatment of the basic elemenys. . This includes various treatments of the pockets. We note shorts with flap pockets. That is something that we hvbe not noted in America or Europe. These include both shorts for casual occassions as well as playwear. School shorts werre not done with trebndy features. For the mnost part these designer shorts did not prove bery popular. Japanese parents seem to have generally prefgerred conservative, basic styling.

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