I don't know about the USA, but when I was a child in the '50s British
children's clothes were sized by age. Being of slight build, I wore sizes that
were supposed to fit someone younger than I was!
For Parisian apaches, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_(gang)
Kate Bunting
Librarian
At that age, they are often the same. A three yr old will wear a size 3,
etc. Kids used to be skinnier. If the child was overweight, it went into
chubby sizes, or 6 and 6x, for example.
Sharon C.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
I am working on another article from the same journal about teenage boy's
fashion. Came across an interesting statement about their sport shirts:
On the other hand, apache (which, incidentally, refers to the traditional
Parisian thug, not the American Indian) is what they're calling any shirt
Gotta be age. (Which to some degree, supposedly corresponds to size)
Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:41:09 -0500 penn...@costumegallery.com writes:
I am working on an article about 1968 boys wear from a clothing
industry
trade journal. Repeatedly in the article refers to
University Press, 2012). She looks at the 1880s to the present, so Penny might
find it useful.
Ann Wass
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Gotta be age. (Which
I agree with Ann. In an industry reference it would definitely be SIZE not
age.
Denise
Iowa
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I had a boy in 1969, and sizes were SAID to indicate age. It wasn't
particularly true, no more than it has ever been.
At age three, he wore a 3 jean for length, but I had to buy a slim
and take them in. No butt to hold them up!
I wore what they called a 6x at age 5. No idea what the x
Size. The little guys are usually trained by three. From an earlier era, the
50's, that was when they could be put into the more useful play and dress
clothes. At about age five or six (they always seemed to be younger then the
indicated size) they jumped to 8's and 10's. just experience
It's like color names. The industry names them something from history
that has no particular meaning except for novelty (to differentiate
from other manufacturers' product names). IMHO of course :)
==M
On Jan 23, 2012, at 3:29 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com penn...@costumegallery.com
Penny, just a guess on apache 1968. A typical fashion throwback to the
30's-40's apache dancers? Not at all American Indian like. Also in that era I
remember making some sport shirts,about early 70's, not like anything available
commercially, of very wildly colored prints that resembled
These industry articles are about what will be on the market in Dec. 1968 -
March 1969.
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Audy,
The article about the teenage boys' wear is really interesting and discusses
all the different styles of sports shirts that they were wearing. Some of
the styles merged into a new style. Western wear was also popular during
this time frame. There were 4-5 styles going on at the time.
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