Figure 1.-- This detail from a larger class picture provides some clues on 1950s styles. We know the precise date: February 1, 1955. It shows two Swiss schoolboys at their school in a suburb of Zurich. Notice the warm winter clothes--woolen sweaters, short trousers, and long woolen stockings. These boys seem to be about 12 or 13, the age when they would be beginning their secondary education. Cklick on the image for information about the school.

A detail from a larger class picture provides some clues on 1950s styles. We know the precise date: 1 February 1955. It shows two Swiss schoolboys at their school in a suburb of Zurich. Notice the warm winter clothes--woolen sweaters, short trousers, and long woolen stockings. These boys seem to be about 12 or 13, the age when they would be beginning their secondary education. It may be a Gymnasium although most schools in Switzerland were co-educational in the 1950s. These very middle-class boys are probably wearing Strapsleichen with four commercial wire loop and rubber button supporters attached since the stockings seem very neatly and tautly held in place. Many highschool boys wore rather fully cut plusfours with knee socks during the 1950s in Switzerland, but some mothers still dressed their sons in the more conservatively styled short trousers and long stockings during winter. Some boys preferred shorts because of the greater freedom of movement permitted and the easier riding of bicycles. The colors are interesting also. One boy wears light tan (almost beige) stockings while the other one seems to be in dark brown hosiery.

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