Figure 1.--French boys still wore rompers in the 1960s, but mostly younger boys. These French children were photographed in 1967.

The popularity of the classic romper had begun to decline somewhat by 1960. The barboteuse during the 1940s-50s were worn by boys from age 1-6 years. By the 1960s few 5 and 6 year olds were still wearing them. This seemed to follow a comparable trend with fewer boys wearing short pants as well. During the 1960s short pants became more of a seasonal casual garment. More boys even boys in primary scjool wanted to wear long pants. And boys 5 and 6 years old no longer wanted to wear rompers. Gradually rompers began to be seen as a baby or toddler garment. These trends became especially pronounced in the late 60s. We note a boy wearing rompers in q1967 whon looks to be about 3 years old.