Figure 1.--Mode pratique in September 1947 showed French boy playing in a winter knot romper suit.
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Figure 1.--Mode pratique in September 1947 showed French boy playing in a winter knot romper suit. |
Many different styles of barboteuses or other outfits with puffed pants were shown in French fashion magazines. Mode pratique in September 1947 showed a winter knit dress and romper suit and provided instructions on how to knit and assemble them.
The Mode pratique in September 28, 1947 showed a knitting pattern for a boys'
winter romper for 2 1/2-3 yrs. Tt was quite common for French children for both boys and girls to have bare legs even during the winter. Children would wear wool cardigans and wool undershirts (vests). To go ouside children might wear a warm coat and cap or hat.
The ad copy reads, "Robe et barboteuse ( 2½-3 ans ).
Ces deux gentils modèles , dont la jupe et la culotte sont
travaillées de sections évasées , sont garnis d'un dessein de losanges
ajourés avec un oeillet au centre de chaque losange .
Fournitures: pour la robe ou la barboteuse 250gr. de laine
layette, 2 aig. de 3mm., 4 petits boutons pour la fermeture du dos .
4 pressions pour l'entre-jambes. Une carte de fil élastique pour
resserrer les côtes de la culotte. Un crochet.
Points employés: Jersey : 1 rg. endroit ; 1 rg. env. alternativement
Point de riz :1 m. end. ; 1 m. env. , contrarier à chaque rg.
Entre -deux losanges: travailler sur un nombre de m. divisible par 8 et 4 m. en plus du total .
1er rg. - 5m. croiser 2m. par derrière, 6m. endr.
2ème rg. et tous les rg. - Pairs tric. les m. à l'env.
3ème rg.- 4m. end. 2m; par devant; croiser 2m. par derrière, 4m; endr;
5ème rg.- 3m. end. croiser 2m. par devant, croiser 2m. par derrière, 2m. endr.
7ème rg.- 2m; endr. croiser 2m. par dev. 1 dimin. ; endr. ;croiser 1m. rabattue , croiser 2m. par derrière ;
8ème rg. -5m. env. ,1 jetée ,6m. env.
9ème rg. -1m. end., croiser 2 m. par dev., 2 m. endr. , 2 m. endr. , trict. sur le jeté et encore 2m. endr.
11ème rg.-2m. endr. ; croiser 2m. par derrière , 4 m. endr. , croiser 2 m. par dev.
13ème rg.- 3m. croiser 2M. par derrière, 2 m. endr. ; croiser 2 m. par dev. , 2 m. endr.
15ème rg.- 4 m. croiser 2 m. par derrière , croiser 2 m. par devant 4 m. end.
17ème rg.- Comme le 1er .
Figure 2.--Mode pratique in September 1947 showed tis more detailed image of the the wool winter knit romper suit in which the boy above is playing. |
This would translate as: Dress and rompers (2½-3 years).
These two nice models, whose skirt and shorts are worked of widened sections, are furnished with a intention of openwork rhombuses with an eyelet in the center of each rhombus.
Supplies: For the dress or the rompers 250gr. of wool thin layer, 2 pins of 3mm. 4 small buttons for the closing of the back. 4 pressures for the between-legs. An elastic chart of wire to tighten the coasts of the breeches. A hook.
Points employed: Jersey: 1 rg. place; 1 rg. env. alternatively Not of rice:1 Mr. end.; 1 Mr. approx., to oppose with each rg.
Between two rhombuses: to work on a number of Mr. divisible by 8 and 4 Mr. in addition to the total.
1st rg. - 5m. to cross 2m. by behind, 6m. endr.
2nd rg. and all rg. - Pars tric. Mr. with the env.
3rd rg. - 4m. end. 2m; by front; to cross 2m. by behind, 4m; endr;
5th rg. - 3m. end. to cross 2m. by front, to cross 2m. by behind, 2m. endr.
7th rg. - 2m; endr. to cross 2m. by dev. 1 dimin.; endr. 1m. folded back, to cross 2m. by behind;
8th rg. -5m. env. pier,6m. env.
9th rg. -1m. end., to cross 2 Mr. by dev., 2 Mr. endr., 2 Mr. endr., trict. on the jeté and still 2m. endr.
11th rg.-2m. endr.; to cross 2m. by behind, 4 Mr. endr., to cross 2 Mr. by dev.
13th rg. - 3m. to cross 2M. by behind, 2 Mr. endr.; to cross 2 Mr. by dev., 2 Mr. endr.
15th rg. - 4 Mr. to cross 2 Mr. by behind, to cross 2 Mr. by front 4 Mr. end.
17th rg. - Like 1st.
Both the dress and a romper suit were pictured on the same page of the September 28, 1947 issue of Mode Pratique. Included was a basic pattern and instructions for making both. The knitting instructions are detailed above. Here is the explanation for how to actually assembe the garments.
Many different styles of barboteuses or other outfits with puffed pants were shown in French fashion magazines. A French reader tells us, "But regaring garments actually sold, iy was the traditional barboteuse that sold in the largest quantities. This was certainly the case in the store operated by my parents as well as the suits I saw children commonly wearing. About 90 percent of the barboteuses my parents sold were the traditional one-piece style with puff sleeves and big bow in the back. Practically always they were back buttoning. They were done in in Vichy, or Popeline, or wool. Often mothers or grandmothers knitted them. All had croch buttons. Rompers were one of the principal garment for the boys till 4-5 years old throughout the year. Some boys wore them even longer having a dressy romper suit that they might wear on Sunday or other special occassions untill 6-7 years of age. On especially cold days in winter, boys might wear
long knitting wool pant. (I never wore these as I lived in the south of France where it is warmer.) Rompers with long sleeves were much less common. It seems that French mothers when it was chilly preferd to add a wool sweater open at the front. Some boys in winter also wore white wool underpants and undershirts (vests) under their clothes instead of the normal cotton ones."
La Mode Pratique was a very popular fashion magazine in France." It included both fashion information and patterns. We have few details on the publishing history of the magazine at this time. We do note that it was published during the 1920s. We do not yet know, however when it was founded or ceased publication. It appears to have had considerable information about children's clothing. We do know that it was published throughout the 1930s-40s and into the 50s. We had thought that Mode pratique was a monthly, but during the 1940os it seems to have been issued twice monthly.
A French reader tells us, "I was still wearing rompers in 1947. I still have my last two-pieces romper outfit which I wore, I think, at about age 6 years. It had croch buttons, suspenders, but the blouse is with front buttons. I quite recall having worn it in Paris and probably elesewhere. I wore rompers much longer than my younger brother did."
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