Figure 1.--This is an antique cabinet photo of four children, presumably siblings. The girl is wearing a small cut-away jacket matching her dress. Notice the short cut. The style and cabinent card mount (serated edges swith straight corners), suggest that itwas taken about 1890. Notice only the boys wear bows.

We note many stylish girls and young women wearing jacketed dresses. They were clearly a very popular style. We see numerous portraits of girls and women wearing them. It was primarily a style for girls and young women, although ee are not entireky sure of the age conventions for women. It was, however, a major style. Jacketed dresses were also worn by boys who have not yet been breeched. We do not see large number of images showing boys wearing jacketed dresses. They were not nearly as popular for boys as kilt suits, but we do see a few boys wearing these dresses.

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