Figure 1.--This little boys' romper suit was advertised in a 1968 German's clothes catalog. |
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German boys wore rompers throughout the 1960s. Clothing catalogs did carry rompers for little boys' play clothes during the 1960s. Shown here is summer romper suit which might be called a sunsuit in America. The catalogs have sizes rather than ages. The style in figure 1 was available in sizes Gr80-98 centimeters. I am not sure, however, just what is being measured. A HBC reader reports, "Concerning rompers in German, there is no real translation. All the little garment alike pants with buttons; bib, very short pants for baby, the mothers say "Spielhöschen". We are not sure about the age of the boys wearing rompers during the 60s. It may have been declining. We think that girls also wore them. Shown here is summer romper suit which might be called a sunsuit in America. The catalogs have sizes rather than ages. The style in figure 1 was available in sizes Gr80-98 centimeters. I am not sure, however, just what is being measured.
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