Figure 1.--Prince Alexander wears a sailor suit in this photograph, taken about 1950. He looks to be about 7 or 8. He wears a sailor suit just like his father wore, except with lace up rather than strap shoes.

Available images provide some information on the clothing Aleandre wore as a younger boy. Some are quite similar to the clothes that his father wore as a boy. Many of those styles appear quit dated by the late 1940s. Alexandre was Sthe last Belgian prince to wear those styles. Other oufits show the styling of the post-War era. Alexandre wears a ruffled blouse which looks very much like the ones his father and uncle wore as boys. It is an offen necked blouse which appears to button on to his short pants. The blouse has ruffles at both the neck and short sleeves. This is the only major difference, that the blouse had short sleeves. Short sleeved shirts and blouses were not commonly worn until after World War I (1914-18). Alexandre's pants are sifferent than the ones worn by his father who wire longer=length knee pants. Note the buttons on the legs od his father's photographs. Alexandre wears button on short pamts cut much shorter and without the buttons at the leg hem. HBRC does not have full details about rompers. We belirve they are primarily a style that appear after World War I, but theu may have been worn in the 1910s as well. Rompers during the 1940s and 50s were still worn by younger European boys--generally with shorter styling than before World War II. I'm not sure what the French term for rompers was. Alenandre wears a sunsuit-type romper with a bin front in a ginham pattern. I'm not sure what color it would have been, presumably either red or blue. Alexander at a slightly older age, perhaps about 7 or 8, wears a dark blue sailor suit about 1950. His sailor suit is just like his father wore, except with lace up rather than strap shoes. In several photographs Alenandre wears white ankle socks. Presumbaly with other outfits he also wore kneesocks. Alexandre in the photographs of him as a younger boy wears white lace up high-top shoes. With his sailor suit he appears to be wearing laceup Oxfords. The available images all show Alexandre as a younger boy in the late 1940s. I'm not sure what he wore as an older boy in the mid-1950s.

Blouses

Alexandre wears a ruffled blouse which looks very much like the ones his father and uncle wore as boys. It is an offen necked blouse which appears to button on to his short pants. The blouse has ruffles at both the neck and short sleeves. This is the only major difference, that the blouse had short sleeves. Short sleeved shirts and blouses were not commonly worn until after World War I (1914-18).

Short Pants

Alexandre's pants are sifferent than the ones worn by his father who wire longer=length knee pants. Note the buttons on the legs od his father's photographs. Alexandre wears button on short pamts cut much shorter and without the buttons at the leg hem.

Rompers

HBRC does not have full details about rompers. We belirve they are primarily a style that appear after World War I, but theu may have been worn in the 1910s as well. Rompers during the 1940s and 50s were still worn by younger European boys--generally with shorter styling than before World War II. I'm not sure what the French term for rompers was. Alenandre wears a sunsuit-type romper with a bin front in a ginham pattern. I'm not sure what color it would have been, presumably either red or blue.

Sailor Suits

Alexander at a slightly older age, perhaps about 7 or 8, wears a dark blue sailor suit about 1950. His sailor suit is just like his father wore, except with lace up rather than strap shoes.

Socks

In several photographs Alenandre wears white ankle socks. Presumbaly with other outfits he also wore kneesocks.

Shoes

Alexandre in the photographs of him as a younger boy wears white lace up high-top shoes. With his sailor suit jhe appears to be wearing laceup Oxfords.

Other Outfits

The available images all show Alexandre as a younger boy in the late 1940s. I'm not sure what he wore as an older boy in the mid-1950s.

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