Gradually Australians have developed their own styles. Clothes are much more casual in New Zealand. School uniforms are still required at many schools, but more casual styles than in England. Since the 1970s jeans have become very popular with young people. Lederhosen were commonly worn by boys until jeans began to replace them in the 1960s.
Today there is little difference between German and Austrian boys' clothing.
Belgium boys wear clothes similar to French styles, including school smocks, sailor suits, and short pants. While the fashions were primarily French styles, Belgian perhaps clung to these traditional styles a little longer than the French. A Belezian source reports on fashion trends in the 1980s. Bulgaria has some destinctive folk fashions, similar in many ways to neighnoring Bulgaria. The eliete in the 19th century basically followed European, especially French fashions.