Figure 1.--Thuis tin-type portrait shows two siblings wearing identical sriped stockings. it is undated, but looks to have been taken in the late-1860s. The early-70s is possible. Click on the image for a closer view. |
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Striped stockings were worn by both boys and girls. There does not seem to have been any gender conventions. In fact, we see many images of siblings wearing similar and in some cases identical striped long stockings. There will be gender differences developing as the 19th century progresses, but we do not see them in the 1860s. Gradually white long stockings would become more associated with girls, although youngerv boycalso wiore them. But in the 1860s both bioys and girls comminly wore white long stockings.
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