Children's Fashion
Young girls wore dresses with round collars and sashes. Fashionable dresses had dropped waists. Pinafores were worn for work and play. When going out, especially in the winter, girls wore lots of layers to keep warm. A warm coat was worn with kid leather gloves. A muff hand warmer was worn over the gloves, so when the girl removed her hands her gloves would keep them warm. Just like ladies, all upper-class Victorian girls wore gloves when going out. A hat or bonnet was worn as well, along with long, knee-length button-up boots or shorter boots with gaitors to give the appearance of wearing long boots.
Older boys wore knee-length breeches and jackets with round-collared shirts.
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Canada, c. 1880
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France, 1881
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1882
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1882
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Paris, 1883
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France, 1885
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1885–1886
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Bustled fashions for girls. 1886
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Boy 5 years old in skirt. 1887
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Bustled fashions for girls. 1887
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1887
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Russia, 1888
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