Figure 1.--This German class was photographed in 1973. At least five boys appear to be wearing lederhosen, more may be wearing them without the halter. HBC is not sure what kind of school this was, but the boys look to be younger teenagers in a secondary school.

Lederhosen were primarily worn to school by boys in primary school, but some older boys also wore them in secondary schools. Some younger teenagers wore them to school, but mostly it was boys in primary school. Photographs of German school classes show lederhosen most commonly worn by the younger boys. We have noted, however, some classs of older boys in primary school or even younger boys in secondary school with boys wearing lederhosen. This changed over time. Even by the early 1970s yonger teenagers were weraring lederhosen to school, but the popularity of lederhosen declined substantially during the 1970s--especially for older boys.

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