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Baby & Toddlers Clothes - The Evolution of Children's Clothing
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Baby & Toddlers Clothes - The Evolution of Children's Clothing
Children's clothing evolved much like all the things that are now present today.
Right from the start, children?s' clothing used color to separate the genders. Especially in the olden days where little boys looked like little girls, the distinction could be made by the colour of the clothes. Girls wore pink and little boys wore blue, that is just as much true today as it is in the era of the past.
Due to historical accounts available like painting and photographs, it had been not easily distinguished in case a child was male or female. Thus, not merely do the clothes determined the gender but the general appearance aswell. This is manifested by the hair style they were told to wear. It became a solid convention that girls wear pretty dresses and their hair long as the little boys were told to wear the pants and sport short hair. However due to the evolution of time, girls of today have adopted to wearing pants but the day hasn't come yet where in fact the boys adopted the dresses of girls!
Inside our modern world today, an over-all convention exists that girls can wear the clothes of boys but never the other way around. But that wasn't the case in the 19th century where little girls and boys were dressed alike. Although throughout that time, girls weren't allowed to clothe themselves in pants, otherwise, there was not much difference in the manner they were dressed.
Up to enough time of the second world war, clothes associated with girls were dresses, pantalets, smocks and pinafores.
Dresses
This was the essential clothing of girls up to the next world war since it had not been everyday occurrence that girls wore pants or shorts prior to the war.
Bloomers
This was another staple in the little girls' clothing where it served its purpose of
providing an alternative substitute for the restrictive and binding fashion sense through the 19th century. This could be related to Amelia Bloomer born 1818 - 1894 who was simply an American reformer espousing this cause. But the bloomer concept must be credited to Elizabeth Smith Miller as she was creator of the bloomers. Although this type of garment did not bloom at all.
Rompers
They were worn both by the girls and boys which were used primarily for play time. By the end of the next world war, rompers were basic staples for little girls wardrobe. They were usually used as costumes or uniforms for gym classes of girls.
Smocks
That is one generic children?s clothing of years gone by. As this is so common, different styles, accessories, adornments, along with other details filled the repertoire of how a smock can look like. There were smocks of different colors, smocks with different buttoning styles - buttons located at the trunk, in leading, or on the side. There were also smocks with collars, with trims, with ties, with pockets, with belts, etc. It was usual in the 1950s that smocks of identical cut were bought by mothers because of their children.
Pinafores
This was a very essential piece of garment for the girls' wardrobe as they were usually worn by girls of Europe and America.
Pantalets
They were worn both by boys and girls. Usually, boys wore plain pantalets while girls wore the fancier ones. But there have been some boys who like to wear fancy Pantalets too.
Sailor suits
This was basically a boy's garment but it became a unisex garment as girls started to wear sailor suits too.
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Children's clothing evolved much like all the things that are now present today.
Right from the start, children?s' clothing used color to separate the genders. Especially in the olden days where little boys looked like little girls, the distinction could be made by the colour of the clothes. Girls wore pink and little boys wore blue, that is just as much true today as it is in the era of the past.
Due to historical accounts available like painting and photographs, it had been not easily distinguished in case a child was male or female. Thus, not merely do the clothes determined the gender but the general appearance aswell. This is manifested by the hair style they were told to wear. It became a solid convention that girls wear pretty dresses and their hair long as the little boys were told to wear the pants and sport short hair. However due to the evolution of time, girls of today have adopted to wearing pants but the day hasn't come yet where in fact the boys adopted the dresses of girls!
Inside our modern world today, an over-all convention exists that girls can wear the clothes of boys but never the other way around. But that wasn't the case in the 19th century where little girls and boys were dressed alike. Although throughout that time, girls weren't allowed to clothe themselves in pants, otherwise, there was not much difference in the manner they were dressed.
Up to enough time of the second world war, clothes associated with girls were dresses, pantalets, smocks and pinafores.
Dresses
This was the essential clothing of girls up to the next world war since it had not been everyday occurrence that girls wore pants or shorts prior to the war.
Bloomers
This was another staple in the little girls' clothing where it served its purpose of
providing an alternative substitute for the restrictive and binding fashion sense through the 19th century. This could be related to Amelia Bloomer born 1818 - 1894 who was simply an American reformer espousing this cause. But the bloomer concept must be credited to Elizabeth Smith Miller as she was creator of the bloomers. Although this type of garment did not bloom at all.
Rompers
They were worn both by the girls and boys which were used primarily for play time. By the end of the next world war, rompers were basic staples for little girls wardrobe. They were usually used as costumes or uniforms for gym classes of girls.
Smocks
That is one generic children?s clothing of years gone by. As this is so common, different styles, accessories, adornments, along with other details filled the repertoire of how a smock can look like. There were smocks of different colors, smocks with different buttoning styles - buttons located at the trunk, in leading, or on the side. There were also smocks with collars, with trims, with ties, with pockets, with belts, etc. It was usual in the 1950s that smocks of identical cut were bought by mothers because of their children.
Pinafores
This was a very essential piece of garment for the girls' wardrobe as they were usually worn by girls of Europe and America.
Pantalets
They were worn both by boys and girls. Usually, boys wore plain pantalets while girls wore the fancier ones. But there have been some boys who like to wear fancy Pantalets too.
Sailor suits
This was basically a boy's garment but it became a unisex garment as girls started to wear sailor suits too.
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