American Rompers: Belts



Figure 1.-- A HBC reader suggests that Butterick romper patterns, probably from the 1910s or 20s, show that the belt was used to assist with working the drop seat. He writes, "This may explain why so many had them." This appears to be pattern 6647.

We note that some romper suits during the early 20th century had belts. The belts look very much like the belts that were very common on tunic suits that were also popular during the early 20th century. We are not sure just how common these belts were. Hopefully we can expand our archive of romper suits to better assess how common the belts were. We have note romer suits in the early 20th century both with or without them. As far as we can tell, their use on tunic suyits was entirely ornamental. This may be different on romoer suits. A HBC reader suggests that Butterick romper patterns, probably from the 1910s or 20s, show that the belt was used to assist with working the drop seat. He writes, "This may explain why so many had them."






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