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Figure 1.--This German boy in 1995 wears a standard pair of lederhosen without rlaborate styling. His lederhosen have a lightly decorated halter with plain pockets and a button flap.
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Figure 1.--This German boy in 1995 wears a standard pair of lederhosen without rlaborate styling. His lederhosen have a lightly decorated halter with plain pockets and a button flap. |
Lederhosen, primarily because of the halter had a very different look from the front and back. Most photographs naturally enough are from the front. To get a complete idea of the lederhosen garment, however, it is necessary to view them from the side and back. Lederhosen are basically very simple garments, but they are countless small differences, most understandably to the front of the garment. The sides are less important. The back is critical in holding up the garment and shown here because they are rarely seen in formal photographs and thus needed to provide a complete few of the garment.
Lederhosen, primarily because of the halter had a very different look from the front and back. Most photographs naturally enough are from the front. Lederhosen are basically very simple garments, but they are countless small differences, most understandably to the front of the garment, especially the halter. Halters were worn with most lederhosen. The major exception was Scouting. Lederhosen were worn by many Scout groups, but normally witout the halter. Several items are of particular interest and are the subject of substantial variation and sometimes elaborate decoration. This is especially true of the more folk-orienteted lederhosen. More utilitarian lederhosen could be quite plain. The most important front elements were the halter, pockets, and flap.
To get a complete idea of the lederhosen garment it is necessary to view them from the side. The sides are less important than the front or back, but there are features to note. There does seem to have commonly been a small "V" or other cut out at each side. Often tere was some laces here. HBC knows of few side elements and the important halter could not be seen from the side.
idea of the lederhosen garment it is also necessary to view them from the side. The back is critical in holding up the garment and shown here because they are rarely seen in formal photographs and thus needed to provide a complete few of the garment. Many lederhosen and string ties on the outside of each leg. I believe that the ties were associated with the cuffs.
Only one element was all around lederhosen, bith front and back. This was the pants cuff that was found on many lederhosen. Some lederhosen were made to be worn with belts, although this was not common. They thus had belt loops atound the waist.
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