Figure 1.--This Dutch brother and sister wear coordinated coats. The major coordinating device was the material and the style. The stylistic detailing is quite different.
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Figure 1.--This Dutch brother and sister wear coordinated coats. The major coordinating device was the material and the style. The stylistic detailing is quite different. |
The sailor suit may have been the most common garment to be used when dressing brothers and sisters alike. Many other garments were worn by brothers and sisters. Virtually every kind of garment could be coordinated. Garments varied over time. In the 19th century, boys could wears dresses, but girls could not wear boys' clothes. In the 20th century, this convention was reversed. Some were identical, especially for brothers. Others were coordinated, usually for brothers and sisters. To some extent this fashion may have been incouraged as a younger sibling could wear his or her older sibling clothes.
The children in a Dutch family appear to have worn identical or corrdinated styles. This made good sence as coats are an item that children outgrow rather than wear out. It was relatively simple as many coats are essentially the same for a wide age range or for both boys and girls. Some coats have gender sttling, but in these cases it is realtively wasy matter to coordiante the styles.
A number of different juvenile-styled suits appeared in the 1910s. Unlike the dresses that children used to wrasr, they were usually gender specific suits. Many were made, however, woth coordinated styling so brothers and sisters could be dressed similarly. These suits were difficult to dress the entire family in unless there were only two children of very similar ages. Children were still being dressed in these outfits i the 1960s, but this has become less popular in recent years.
Dutch brothers and sisters have worn a variety of casual outfits. In the 20th century as casual wear has become increasingly important, these casual outfits have become more common. One might think that brothers and sisters might wear short pants. While some of these outfits are almosr identical, generally the girls wear skirts while the boys wear shorts. This is much more common than both children wearing shorts.
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