Figure 1.--Note the front tab on the belt-less grey shorts. This was a somewhat dressy style.
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Figure 1.--Note the front tab on the belt-less grey shorts. This was a somewhat dressy style. |
Dutch boys have worn shorts with a wide range of waist arrangements. Some shorts have attched suspenders while others have been worn with unattached suspenders. There are also shorts with belt loops, full and part elastic waists and shorts with self belts. Other shorts had front tabs and were worn without belts, but might had side gussets to adjust the fit. These types have varied over times and have had conventiins associted wuth their use. There were also age conotations assocviated with the varying types.
Some shorts for younger boys were made without belts. They had button holes which corresponded to waist buttonns on the boys blouse.
Some shorts had suspenders in the same material as the shorts. Often these suspenders were attached at the back and buttoned on to the front. Some were completly detachable and buttoned on the front and back. These were also for younge boys, but not as youngs as for button-on shorts.
Other others have been worn with regular suspenders. Often these shorts also had belt loops. I do not know if any shorts were made especially for suspenders. These were most common in the early 20th cntury.
The most common type of shorts were these with belt loops. The beltloops varied in width to accompdate different widths of loops.
Full and part elastic waists have been observed. These wre generally for younger boys, although some shorts wth elastic waists were made as well. Especially the full elastic waists were play shorts usually won by younger boys br>
Some shorts were made with self belts. These belts had belt loops and a cloth bely matching the shorts came with them.
Other shorts had front tabs and were worn without belts, but might had side gussets to adjust the fit.
A HBC reader comments, "The dressed-up look of the boy on the left in the photo is similar to styles seen in the United States in the late 1950s and early '60's. The most striking difference (opinion) is the socks; thee socks in the photo seem European, not American. American boys dressed up in this style would probably have chosen either white or dark crew socks. Slip-on shoes or "loafers", too, may be more likely. Trends seem to cross international borders, don't they?" HBC seems to remember this type of waist being worn in America, but boys this age more commonly wore it with long pants. British boys this age did commonly wear this type of grey shorts.
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