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Translation edited by Agnes SURA With still all our thanks !
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In which catalog we find
our dear "Petit Bob",
identical to itself more or less. Indeed here is the
description :
- Coat with half belt
(not loose fitting
jacketÉthat has probably gone out of fashion!) woolen
garment of beautiful quality ( no longer wool velvet, too
expensive!) trimmed with bronze buttons with anchors ( this
indication of anchors is the first of the kind) and an
American polo (which keeps its name!, all for 375 Fr !
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It is the
most expensive garment in the
catalog after the "Marin" (sailor). But also and especially
on the drawing which adjoins this description, one sees that
it buttons for the first time in the right way! That of the
clothes of a little girl. It is not therefore a remainder of
the old stock! (Interesting to note that, where the closure
is shown as for a little boy, the actual garments close as
for a little girl. Where the closure is shown as for a
little girl, the actual garments close as for a little boy.
A.S.).
Presented with the
straight collar framing the face, no indication of color.
But as the catalog is in "navy" and white what was the color
of the garment of this time? To annoy me, gaiters. On this
drawing are once more very much present, it is cold, we are
in winter but it is always impossible to know more about
them, either the description or the price, what is
surprising is the continuing of their presentation. And they
are really gaiters which go up high on the leg, maintained
tightly well stretched by an elastic passing under the shoes
!
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In the catalog of Summer
1950 it is not
mentioned at all, for the first time for twenty years but it
will return !
Winter 1951/1952 sees it stable,
identical to the last even in price but it could not
lastÉ
In Summer 1952, even though the fabric is not clarified, it increases again to 525 Fr. It is presented with the small crocodile schoolbag (150 Fr). In Winter 1952/1953, paradoxically the
price lowers from 525 Fr to 510 Fr. Always the two colors,
navy and red ( and always bright redÉit is true that the
last ones are of a red bordering on wine and are less
brilliant) and always the buttoning from left to
right.
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Summer 1953 and Winter
1953/1954, nothing to
report, the house calms down, prices also unchanged. In the
catalog of Summer 1954, "Petit Bob", always shown in two
colors, navy and red, buttons again and finally in the right
way - for only the second time in 25 years. If we were going
to continue the error, why does not the same little outfit
for the little boy Bambino, close from the right to the
left? But the price remains unchanged for the clothes of the
brother and sister as well in the following catalog of
Winter 1954/1955.
In the Summer 1955
catalog, here is "Revised
Petit Bob"! In magnificent red "ratine" or "roy" (not navy,
it is more smart!) the drawing shows it well, all fluffy
since it is the "ratine" but it no longer says "jacket" or
coat. The drawing is rather clear! This change, to bring it
in line with current tastes allowed a price increase from
510 to 525 Fr. É15 francs more than for "Mon Yacht" for
Bambino, also presented in "ratine" but this time presented
with a polo and not the cap "Jean Bart", a polo with a chin
strap of imitation leather which is part of this set - not
the case of the previous beret which normally went with the
sailor outfit "Jean Bart". It is now 520 Fr, an increase of
120 Fr.
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In the Winter
1955/1956 catalog, no change in description of price. On the
other hand there is the appearance of "Petit Bob" for the
big sister of Bleuette, Rosette. Price: 585 franc. Well! She
is bigger and needs more fabric to make it. For the first
time also, the word "jacket" is definitely abandoned and
replaced with "coat ".
Summer 1956, a large new
increase in price for
Bleuette from 525 Fr. To 595 Fr. "Mon Yacht" increases from
520 to 580 Fr, an increase of more than 10% in one year.
That of Rosette goes down bizarrely: 580 Fr to 500 Fr.
Apparently a certain
disorder heralds the
setbacks which are coming.
In Winter 1956/1957, if
"Mon Yacht" remains
unchanged, there is a new increase for Bleuette's "Petit
Bob" which goes to 595 Fr, with that of Rosette raising its
price from the previous winter to 685 Fr.
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Summer 1957 Bleuette's
"Petit Bob" is 610 Fr!
That of Rosette is to 705 Fr, "Mon Yacht" goes to 600 FrÉIt
is the collapse of the increases!
Finally and to finish
this exhaustive study of
the outfit, " Petit Bob ", based on catalogs of
Gautier-Languereau, the last catalog speaks us about sales
and bargains to be realized by going to the shop, 18 Rue
Jacob but naturally, our " Petit Bob " is by no means on
sale and ends at 640 Fr for Bleuette, 740 for Rosette and
630 for "Mon Yacht "! ! !
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I made the
decision to connect " Petit Bob " of Bleuette with that of
Rosette which has the same name and with " Mon Yacht ",
because they are three versions of the same garment intended
for three different dolls. It was a continuing classic
throughout the story of Bleuette, Bambino and Rosette. It
was and it is always perennially fashionable. A current
doll, a small girl or a little boy, of today, would still
wear it, it remains strangely modern !
In summary, there was no
change in the design,
it remained absolutely unchanged, the colors always in
bright or less bright red, and the navy blue lighter or
darker.
The only differences:
the method of closure
which was for a long time that for a boy, in the drawings
only, then normally restored to the correct closure for a
girl, then shown again as for boys, then finally as for
girls.
And also, the closures
themselves, because at
first they were with hooks and loops, then snaps just after
the war in 1949, then again hooks and looks, and finally
buttonholes!.
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Besides in the numerous
examples which I was
able to examine of this little garment, no half belt had the
two little decorative buttons.....exept for 1949/1950 (See
opposite).
Were they removed ? In
spite of my looking
very closely with a magnifying glass, I could not find any
trace : needle holes, some thread remains.....
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