Dressup boys

By the turn of the 20th century kneepants After the turn of the centuropen-ended version, reaching below the knee and worn with stockings. By the end of the century, knickers and knepants were worn at knee length or even above the knee. Short pants for boys had appeared in the 1890s, but were forst worn by younger boys. There use by the British Army in tropical postings and then by the Boy Scouts and Wandervogel had by the 1910s made them increasingl popular for older boys in Eurpope. One major divergence in the 20th century is that pants were less commonly bought as part of a suit. In fact after World War I boys began wearing suits less and less requently. American boys except in the South mostly insisted on wearing knickers. A variety of play outfits for younger boys such a romper and overalls in the 1900s. Olderboys in the 1930s begin to wear long trousers more commonly, more in America than Europe. This trend becomes increasingly common after World War II (1939-45), even in Europe. Short pants begin to become more popular in the 1960s, but increasingly as casul clothes. Jeans ar commonly worn by Americn boys in the 1950s and begin to become stylish worldwide phenomenon in the 1960s. Longer shorts appear in the 1990s and by the late 1990s baggy syles of both shorts an longs vecome popular.

Boys in the 2000s commonly wore long pants. Jeans and cargo pants seem especially popular. Shorts were commonly worn in the summer. Shorts were most commonly orn as casual wear. We norte some exceptions such as summer weddings or choirs. The length of the shorts was commonly quite long. We note, however, a range of lengths. The boys in a Belgian choir, for example, wears shorts of widely varing length.