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French mail order catalogs and clothing advertisements offer a very useful time line on changing fashion trends. French boys in the 1980s commonly wore blazers when they dressed up. One catalog shows a blue blazer and khaki trousers--a rather American look. Boys wear variety of dressy and casual shorts. Dressy shorts might be worn with sweaters. Casual shorts, some with large patch pockets are worn ith sport looking shirts. Sport or jogging shorts were popular in the early 1980s. These were still cut short, but many other shorts were cut much longer. An especially good source of information is La Redoute catalog. We note younger boys wearing culotte anglaise (English shorts) for party clothes.
French boys in the 1980s no longer drssed up as commonly as in the past. Suits in particular were becoming less common. Some boys wore blazers.
We note a variety of casual and dress shirts. There are dress shirt with normal and button-down collars. There are also a variety of casual shirts, including rugby shirts.
Boys wear variety of dressy and casual shorts. Dressy shorts might be worn with sweaters. Casual shorts, some with large patch pockets are worn with sport looking shirts. Sport or jogging shorts were popular in the early 1980s. These were still cut short, but many other shorts were cut much longer. We note that preppy khaki trousers were also popular. We note younger boys wearing culotte anglaise (English shorts) for party clothes.
We note " Culotte anglaise " for 2-10 year old boys offered in the
catalogue " Vert Baudet " Fall-winter 1984-85. The heading "Chics, les habits fefê" which means "???, party clothes". The pants have belt loops, are cut very low below the knee and are cuffed. This firm targeted the popular market for middle income family. The price for this outfit, however, is a little on the expnsive side for the mid-1980s.
Younger boys might wear white kneesocks and girls white tights when dressing up.
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