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Lederhosen were not just casual clothes. We see many boys wearing them for play or outdoor activities, but they could in fact be worn for a wide range of occassions. Many boys would wear them for dress occasions. This could be worn for church or a variety of semi-formal occassiins. Of course, formality in dress has declined throughout the 20th century abnd since the end of World War II. They could be worn them with suit jakets rather than the actual matching pants that came with suits. Or perhaps there were sport jackets. Of course there were Tracht jackets with Bavaraian styling. This was part of folk costumes, but we see boys wearing jackets and Lederhosen without other Tracht items. This seems most common in northern- and central-Germmany. We tend to see this most commonly after World war II when Lederhosen became more generally worn in Germany and were less a regional Bavarian style. We are not sure about the origins of this convention or the chronological trends. It may have been boys were not to keen on putting on a suit and just put on their suit jacket with what they were wearing at the time or used to wearing. Perhaps mothers selected the clothing. Here we are not sure.
Lederhosen could be worn for a wide range of actibities. were not just casual clothes. We do see many boys wearing them for play or outdoor activities, but they could in fact be worn for a wide range of occassions. Many boys would wear them for dress occasions. We note boys wearingb jackets and Lederhosen going shopping with mother.
Boys dressed up with Lederhosen for a variety of occassions. Lederhosen could be worn for church or a variety of semi-formal occassions.
We are not sure about the chronological trends of wearing suit or sports jackets wuth Lederhosen. Of course, formality in dress has declined throughout the 20th century and since the end of World War II. We notice quite a few snapshots from the 1930s-60s. This seems to be the time in whicvh wearingsuit or sports jackets with Lederhosen were most common. Of course the chronological range fir Lederhiosen worn wuth Bavarian ot Tracht jackets id much wider, extending into the 19th century. We suspect that the boys wearing Lederhosen with reguklar jackets were wearing them as Lederhosen became more popular after World War I, but not just as folk costumes which seems to have been the more standard convention before World War I. After the 1960s we see fewer boys wearing jackets with Lederhisen. This is because both suits and Lederhosen became less common. We do continue to see boys wearing Lederhosen with Tracht jsckets.
Lederhosen could be worn them with suit jakets rather than the actual matching pants that came with suits. Or perhaps there were sport jackets. Of course there were Tracht jackets with Bavaraian styling. This was part of folk costumes, but we see boys wearing jackets and Lederhosen without other Tracht items.
Lederhosen were most common in northern- and central-Germmany. And wearing them with jackets had the same regional trend. We tend to see this most commonly after World war II when Lederhosen became more generally worn in Germany and were less a regional Bavarian style.
It may have been boys were not to keen on putting on a suit and just put on their suit jacket with what they were wearing at the time or used to wearing. Perhaps mothers selected the clothing. Here we are not sure.
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