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We note both German boys and girls wearing sailor suits or sailor styled outfits. We begin to see girls wearing sailor outfits in the the 1860s in Britain. We are not yet sure just when German girls began to wear sailor-styled outfits. We note some images from the 1890s. The style was very popular for girls in the early 20th century. Both boys and girls might wear the same middy blouses. As far as we can tell there was no specific gender styles for middy blouses. There were, however, differences for the other half of the sailor suit. Boys wore pants and the girls skirts. As far as we can tell there were no real exceptions to this, except for younger boys not yet breeched. American girls wore middy blouses and bloomers for gum in school. We are not sure if German girls wore similar outfits. There were two basic types of sailor outfits for girls. The first was middy blouses and skirts. The second was sailor dresses. There were also sailor dresses. Dresses often did not have the same tradituional styling so common with middy blouses. Some mothers thus outfitted their sons and daughters in identical outfits. In other instances just the boys or girls were dressed in identical outfits. The middy blouses worn by boys and girls could be identical, primarily because the both used traditional styling. The styling of the sailor dresses was much more varied, especially in the 19th century. After the turn of the 20th century, especially after World War I, the styling of sailor dresses became more standardized--adopting the traditional styling of many middy blouses.
We note both German boys and girls wearing sailor suits or sailor styled outfits. We begin to see girls wearing sailor outfits in the the 1860s in Britain. We are not yet sure just when German girls began to wear sailor-styled outfits. We believe it was somewhat later than in Britain. We do not yet have German images of girls earing sailor suits from the 180s nd 70s, but surely some German girls had begun waring sailor outfits by this time. Our failure to find such images is probably relared to our rather small rchive of 19th century German images. We note some images of girls wearing sailor outfits from the 1890s. The style was very popular for girls in the early 20th century, especially before World War I. Girls continued to wear middy blouses in the 1920s and 30s, but the popularity gradually declined.
Both boys and girls might wear the same middy blouses. As far as we can tell there was no specific gender styles for middy blouses. The sailor dresses girls wore could also have the traditional styling of the middy blouse, but many while having sailor elements were much more fanciful. The styling of the sailor dresses was much more varied, especially in the 19th century. After the turn of the 20th century, especially after World War I, the styling of sailor dresses became more standardized--adopting the traditional styling of many middy blouses.
Middy blouses were essentially the same for boys and girls. As far as we can tell, they are essentially identical. This was mot the same for the other part of the sailor outfits. There were sibstantial differences for the other half of the sailor suit. At the time that sailor suits were popular, boys wore pants and girls wore skirts. Younger boys might wear skirts, but girls of any age did not wear pants, either dshort pants or long pants. As far as we can tell there were no real exceptions to this, onlky the younger boys who had not yet been breeched. American girls wore middy blouses and bloomers for gym in school. We are not sure if German girls as commonly wore similar outfits.
There were two basic types of sailor outfits for girls. The first was middy blouses and skirts. Many of these middy blouse outfits had very traditionl styling. For some reason only the gurls blouse are called middy blouses, but this is not a term used in Germany. While white middy blouses were very common, we also notice dark blouses for winter wear. The second major sailor style was was sailor dresses. Dresses often did not have the same traditional styling so common with the middy blouses. And we see dresses with some sailor elements, but we would not call them sailor dresses. We notice quite a variety of sailor dresses, especially in the 19th century when girls first began wearing sailor styles. While middy blouses and dresses were thge two basuc styles for girls, we notive some other outfits. We note some middy blouses that were worn with jackets. That was not very common, but we notice some examples. And we notice girls wearing middy blouses and rompers for gym at school.
Some mothers like to outfit their children, both sons and daughters in identical outfits. This convention was very common in Germany and the popular sailor suit was often used. This seems especially true from about 1890-1930. This was also the time that the sailor suit was most popular. The image here is a good example (figure 1). The sailor suit was especially popular for this because it was considfered appropriate for both boys and girls. Some mothers dressed the entire family in sailot outits. In other instances just the boys or girls were dressed in identical outfits. The middy blouses worn by boys and girls could be identical, primarily because the both used traditional styling. We see some children in identical outfits. Other mothers have used sailor outfits, but made some concessions deemed as appropriate to age and gender.
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