Figure 1.--This unidentified German boy in 1941 wore a striped dickie with a traditional sailor suit. I think it wasa "T"-shirt like garment, but am not positive. |
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German boys wore dickies varied greatly in design. We have just begun to collect information on them. We see dickies that were stripped, plain, and with embroidered designs. The stripes seemed especially popular. varied in width, but seem to have vared kless than the stripes on the collar. Sometimes the color stripes were coordinared with the dicky stripes. and color, but were always horizontal. We assumethe colors were mostly blue and white, but the black and white photography of the day offers few clues. We tend to see more German than American boys with these striped dickies. Sime boys had plain-colored dickies. These solid clored dickies either matched or contrasted with the blouse. The designs were even more varied. Most common were understandable nautical motifs, but the designs were not limited not limited to nautical motifs. We see quite a range of motifs, some of which we can not make out. Others we do not fully understand. The embroidered designs seen quite popular before World War I, after the War the stripes become increasingly popular. We tend to see these embroidered designs more in America.
The stripes seemed especially popular for the dickies. The stripes varied in width, but seem to have vared less than the stripes on the collar. Mot were composed of stripes with identical widths. Sometimes the color of the collar stripes were coordinared with the dicky stripes. Thestripes were always horizontal. We assumethe colors were mostly blue and white, but the black and white photography of the day offers few clues. We tend to see more German than American boys with these striped dickies. Stripes were a design that were popular in several other countries, especially France and Russia.
Some boys had plain-colored dickies. These solid colored dickies either matched or contrasted with the middy blouse or other sailor garmet. We do not believe that any bright colors were used, even in the contrasting dickies. We see both light and dark colored dickies to gobwith or contast with the dark- or light-coolored blouses.
The designs were even more varied. Most common were understandable nautical motifs, but the designs were not limited to nautical motifs. We see quite a range of motifs, some of which we can not make out. Others we do not fully understand. The embroidered designs seen quite popular before World War I, after the War the stripes become increasingly popular. We tend to see these embroidered designs mucg more commonly in America where stripes were not as common. We suspect the reason for this was the styles adopred by navies in North Anerica and Europe. Sailor suit styles for boys generally followeed patterns set by national navies. Navy uniforms did not have embroidered design dickies, but many fis have stroiped "T"-shirts.
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