Coordinated Family Outfits: Identical Brother Outfits--Chronology


Figure 1.--Here we see two modern brothers dressed alike. This is less common than it used to be but it is a fashion that has not disappeared. We are not precisely sure just when this photograph was taken, but it may have been about 2000.

I think the idea of dressing boys alike has been a popular fashion for centuries. Many historical paintings shows brothers in identical outfits. I believe that this was a particularly popular style in the 19th century. This was in part because mothers has great leeway throuhout the 19th century as to how their sons were dressed. We believe that this fashion is less common than it used to be. Iy has not yet, however, disappeared. Modern boys have much more say as to how theybare dressed. Few boys wanted to be dressed like their younger brothers, especially if there is more than a couple year's difference between them. Of course another factor is that families are

The 1900s


The 1910s


The 1920s

We notice two Czech brothers in 1925 wearing identical smocks. (You have to click on the image at the linked page to see the brothers.)

The 1930s

We note a German family with three brothers. They are all dressed alike in fashionable H=bar shorts. We note two American brothers about 1930 wearing identical sailor suits at a birthday party.

The 1940s

We note two American brothers posing for a Chridstmas portrait. The photograph was taken in 1940. Like manu of these outfits, the c;othes are not absolutely identical, but very close.

The 1950s

Here we see all three children (two boys and a girl) in an American family during the early 1950s dressed alike in identical "T"-shirts and jeans.

The 1960s


The 1970s


The 1980s


The 1990s


The 2000s

We are not precisely sure just when this photograph was taken, but it may have been about 2000 (figure 1).







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