Figure 1.--The costuming for the film is basically correct for the adults and reasonable for the children. One reader reports quite rightly that the children's bathing suits are not quite right for the early 1900s. Jeremy's costume would have included a top and his pants are too long. Jemima's outfit is scandalously short for the time. |
The costuming for the film is basically correct for the adults and reasonable for the children. Jeremy wears a suit with a stiff collar, although not an Eton collar (figure 1). One reader reports quite rightly that the children's bathing suits are not quite right for the early 1900s. Jeremy's costume would have included a top and his pants are too long. I am not sure aboyr Jemima's bloomer style out outfit, I am not sure that they were worn for swiming, although longer styles were worn in school gym classes. I am sure that it is scandalously short for the time. Many girls indeed went bathing with long stockings, especially before World War I (1914-18). HBC has some information on girls bloomers/rompers in America, but conventions varied among countries.
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