About 20 years ago, when I was back on a college campus regularly, it appeared to me that the parents were borrowing from their children again. The moms and dads who brought their kids for campus tours were wearing the baggy shorts, footwear, Tshirts, and headgear of their children.
But I see what you mean about kids' wearing grown up styles. We were in Spain just before First Communion time. They still sell traditional sailor suits for boys, but also man-style suits, except that they are decorated with braid and tassels--they looked like admirals, not common sailors! Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Kate Bunting <k.m.bunt...@derby.ac.uk> To: H-costume list <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 4:52 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Children's fashions Maggie wrote: It also strikes me that we are moving back to kids wearing miniature adult styles. I was thinking the same thing myself recently. I'm old enough to remember young boys routinely wearing short trousers (i.e. knee-length suit trousers, as distinct from casual "shorts"). Now that (a) most clothes are easily washable, and (b) adults are wearing casual styles more of the time, I don't think there's an obvious difference between adult and children's styles. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor Derby, UK _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
