Figure 1.--Here we see another family snap shot of Victor and his brother in matching sailor suits. While the boys are wearing idebtical sailor suits, there shirt collars are different. Also notice the white berets. |
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As you can see from the photograph here, my mother liked to dress mylittle brother and me in sailor suits. As you see, sailor suits were popular during the summer time both with short and long trousers. It is clearly evident in the photographs that the suits different, but all had sailor styling. This type of clothing was very popular for small boys about 7 yearsof age just beginning school. Boys would wear them up to about 10 years of age, but not as commonly as the younger boys. Sailor suits by the mid-1960s were declining in popularity. They had veen much more popular in the 1940s and 50s when boys 9-11 years of age commonly wore them if parents could afford them. They were relatively expensive in the post-World War II Soviet Union and not all parents could afford them. The sailor suit was a style that was popular with boys.
The sailor suit was not for everyday wear. As a rule we put on our sailor suits when dressing up such as walking with our parents into the city for jaunts.
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