Figure 1.-- A 1913 issue of "Mode Pratique" showed some outfits for youngr boys along with a page of mostly girls' outfits. The younger boys' outfits were motly tunic outfits worn with bloomer knickers and socks. The tunic outfits were fancier than the ones we have seen boys commonly wearing.

French mail order catalogs and clothing advertisements offer a very useful time line on changing fashion trends. French deparment stores shoed wide brimmed hats. Some had turned up brims. Younger boys wore tunicoutfirs, some quite fancy, with bloomer knickers. Stores featured sailor suits and caps. Some sailor suits had fancy additions like ruffled collars. Boys' suits with bloomer styled pant were also popular. Some styles look similar to clothes worn in America and Britain and other styles are destincly French--especialy the styles for younger boy.

Headwear

Rompers

Tunic suits

A 1913 issue of Mode Pratique showed some outfits for youngr boys along with a page of mostly girls' outfits. The younger boys' outfits were motly tunic outfits worn with bloomer knickers and kneepants. The boys wear socks rather than long stockings. The tunic outfits were fancier than the ones we have seen boys commonly wearing. We also notice button-on short pants suits. The younger boys were depicted with long over the ears hair, similar to that the girls were wearing.

Smocks

Coats

Jackets

Fancy suits

Sailor Suits

Suits

Pants

Younger boys commonlywore bloomer knickers with tunic suits and other outfits.

Hosiery

Boys mostly wore socks. Long stockings were more common for girls than boys.

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