Figure 1.--Here we see Carl Marshal in his blue stripped Summer sailor suit consisting of cap, middy blouse, dickey, and kneepants. Thiswould have been a dressy suit. There were also play versions. Image by Birte Koch. |
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We thought it might be useful to look at hypothetical families from different countries during different decades. We have begun sections on America and Germany and our project will focus largely on those two countries. This is in part because we know more about those countries than other countries. Our limited resources will not allow us to go into any great detail on other countries at this time. We do hope, however, to create a few pages illustrating the destinctibe national styles of clothing in other countries. In addition, we will link pages in HBC that provide information about getting dressed in fifferent countries. An example here is a Russian illustration from a children's book.
We thought it might be useful to take a family of three boys abd show all the steps in getting dressed. We will do this over time. The family is the Marshals. The boys are Tom (age 4), Carl (age 7) , and John (age 12). We have chosen a middle-class family living in a northeastern city under comfortable circumstances. As a historical tool we also add images of how the boys might have dressed if they were not from a middle-class family. We will show how the boys dressed at different stages from underwear to overcoats. Our intention is to show this during decades to illustrate how the process of dressing and the fashions would have changed over time.
We do not have a Getting Dressed section for England. We have noted some interesting illustrations about getting dressed in vatious English sources. An English illustrator, we think for children's books, shows a boy getting dressed. He wears a liberty bodice putting on his long stockings. Am English television shows a boy being helped to put on his Fautleroy suit. Getting dressed as shown by both images was clearly more complicated than today.
We thought it might be useful to take a family with five children and show all the steps in getting dressed. We will do this over time. The family is the Bergers. The children are Klara (almost 1 year old), Friedrich (4 years), Margarete (5 years), Charlotte (10 years), and Hans (12 years). We have chosen a middle-class family living in a ??? city under comfortable circumstances. As a historical tool we also add images of how the children might have dressed if they were not from a middle-class family. We will show how the children dressed at different stages from underwear to overcoats. Our intention is to show this during decades to illustrate how the process of dressing and the fashions would have changed over time.
We do not have a Getting Dressed section for Russia. We have noted some interesting illustrations about getting dressed in Russian children's books. An example here is a Russian illustrator showing a child putting on her long stockings in an illustration from a children's book. Another Russian illustrator shows a girl tieing her hair bow.
We do not have a Getting Dressed section for Sweden. We have noted some interesting illustrations about getting dressed in Swedish children's books. A good example is the charming work of Elsa Besklow depicting domestic scenes.
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