Figure 1.--This German boy in the 1970s wears lederhosen with a colored shirt along with sandals and socks. |
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Lederhosen conventions and popularity varied in the 1970s. Younger boys continued to wear lederhosen in the 1970s. But they were declining in popularity during the decade as boys, especially older boys wanted to wear jeans. Some older boys wore lederhosen but jeans were much more popular, especially as the decade progressed. Only a few older boys can be seen wearing lederhosen in the 1970s. While most boys wore long pants to school in the 1970s, we notice a few school photographs showing boys wearing Lederhosen. Lederhosen came to be worn much shorter than knee-length in keeping with the way that boys were wearing other types of shorts. Also, many boys stopped wearing braces, halters at least over their Scout uniform shirt. Boys still wore colored checked shirts with lederhosen. We note very few boys wearing kneesocks with their lederhosen, but even here we do see a few such photographs.
Lederhosen conventions and popularity varied in the 1970s. Our information is incomplete at this time. We do note that some younger boys continued to wear lederhosen in the 1970s. We see adds in German catalogs, but usually in smaller sizes. Only a few older boys can be seen wearing lederhosen in the 1970s. While most boys wore long pants to school in the 1970s, we notice a few school photographs showing boys wearing Lederhosen. German schools did not have school uniforms. Children and their parents could choose what they wore. Thus there is considerable variation. Lederhosen were once very common in German schools. This is no longer the case in the 1970s. But we notice occassional exceotions. We also not some boys wearing Lederhosen for Scouts.
Lederhosen came to be worn much shorter than knee-length in keeping with the way that boys were wearing other types of shorts.
Lederhosen can be worn both with and without Haltars. They are both functionasl and decorative. Younger boys in particticlar wear them to hold up their pants rather like suspebder or H-bar short pants. We note many boys wearing Lederhosen without haltars in the 1970s. Halters did not disappear, but they seem much less common. Many boys seem to have stopped wearing halters. This seems to hsave been a very strong trends with Ledergoden worn as a casual garment. I am not sure why thehaltars begane less common. Perhaps the boys began seeing them as old fashioned. We do not see haltars being orn witjh their Scout uniform shirt. Many photographs show boys wearing Lederhosen without the halters while playing or on vacation outings. The exception here seems to be boys formally dressed as part of a folk costume or when dressing up with a uit jsacket.
Boys still wore colored checked shirts with lederhosen.
We note very few boys wearing kneesocks with their lederhosen, but even here we do see a few such photographs. Actually the few ones we note look more like long ankle socks pulled up than actual kneesocks.
But they were declining in popularity during the decade as boys, especially older boys wanted to wear jeans. Some older boys wore lederhosen but jeans were much more popular, especially as the decade progressed.
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