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The German economy was finally showing signs of recovering in 1950. Rebuilt wer opening and people were once again bringing home pay checks. Fashion catalogs show an increasing range od clothing in fashionable styles for German consumers. One 1950 catalog offered long trouser and a casual jacket for an older boy, a knicker suit for a slightly younger boy, and short pants outfits for younger boys. The younger boys have matching shirts and shorts, but not traditional suits. One boy is shown wearing white kneesocks. I'm not sure about the actual sized these clothes were offered in. Notice the older boy wearing a beret. That is something that would have been unlikely to be seen in the first half of the 20th century. Another catalog shows a boy wearing ankle-length knickers with a short hooded jacket, a short pants suits in sizes 6-12 years, and a boy in an overcoat and long trousers.
HBC has generally organized these catalgs based on the fact that catalogs are normally prepared with sevearl similar garments on the same page. Unfortunalely many of the 1950 catalog pages hat we have found include such a mix of items that it is difficult to organize cross references.
Some of the models are shown wearing interesting headwear. One older boy is shown wearing a beret. That is something that would have been unlikely to be seen in the first half of the 20th century. Another catalog shows a boy wearing a German-style cap, although I am not sure what it is called. Beside him is a boy wearing what look somewhat like an American baseball cap.
Many boys in these 1950s catalogs wear caual clothes. Some suits are also offered, including long pants, knicker, and short pants suits. The catalog page shown here wears a short pants suit. It was available in sizes 6-12 years.
Sweaters were offered in a wide range of styles and patterns. We noted both sleeved and sleevless sweaters with different styles of collars. Some sweaters were pullovers and others buttoned. We note some thay had partial zippers, rugby style meaning that they only opened part way down the front.
One catalog had a page with sweaters, and snow suits along with other items such as kneesocks. A skiing style sweater was shown worn with ankle-length knickers. Another garment looks something like a sweater, but appears to be a long-sleeve knit shirt. The sweaters are shown as worn with short pants. The snowsuits for boys and girls look identical. We are not sure what German company put out the catalog.
On catalog offerred short pants outfits for younger boys. They consisted of matching shirts and shorts, but not traditional suits.
Catalogs in 1950s showed a range of pnts, including short pants, kniclers (calf and and ankel length) and long pants.
One 1950 catalog offered long trouser and a casual jacket for an older boy.
Boys are shown wearing both white kneesocksand solid including white kneesocks. Youngerboysare shown in anklesocks.
We note catalogs with boys earing both shoes and closed-toe sandals.
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