Actually, girls' dresses developed in the last quarter of the late 18th century
and then, it appears, their mothers copied THEM. The "Lady's Magazine" in 1789
observed, "All the sex now--from fifteen to fifty upwards (I should rather say
downwards) appear in their white muslin frocks with broad sashes." Marie
Antoinette's son appears to have been one of the first to appear in a
distinctive little boy's suit.
The writings of Enlightenment philosophers, such as John Locke and (that great
hypocrite) Jean Jacques Rousseau, may have influenced how people dressed their
children--giving them distinctive styles rather than dressing them as miniature
adults.
Ann Wass
-----Original Message-----
From: Maggie Koenig <hhalb94...@aol.com>
To: h-costume <h-costume@mail.indra.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 31, 2013 6:38 am
Subject: [h-cost] Children's fashions.
Something I've been pondering. In what era/decade/year/location/something else
do you consider there to be a development of a separate fashion for children.
By
children I mean potty trained age and over.
In the early 19th century there seemed to be a separate fashion for boys but
not
girls with the so called skeleton suit. But by the mid19th century they did a
brief stint in pants and tunic then it was on to miniature adult styles. For
girls I start seeing the separate styles by the 1840s and they were definitely
there by the 1860s. However, I severely lack knowledge of earlier periods. Am I
just not seeing the kids styles?
It also strikes me that we are moving back to kids wearing miniature adult
styles.
Maggie Koenig
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