Figure 1.-- This German brother and sister wear identical sailor suits of course with the older sisterwearing a skirt and the little brother short pants. The snapshot is undated, but was taken about 1930. |
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It was most common to dress brothers or sisters in identical outfits, but sometimes both brothers and sisters had coordinated outfits. The children might for example wear identical middy blouses, but with pants for the boys and skirts for the girls. An example here is a middle-class family in 1909. Identical outfits for boys and girls, except for sailor suits, were much less common. We do see quite a number of brothers and sisters dressed in matching or similar sailor suits, with the boys wearing pants and the girls skirts. It is just a preliminary assessment, but it seems that it was more common to dress brothers in identical outfits than sisters. We are not entirely sure about the chronology yet. We have little information about the 19th century. We see quite a number of brothers and sisters wearing identical middy blouses in the 20th century.
Sailor suits were a particulaly popula garment in Germany, for both boys and girls. It was most common to dress brothers or sisters in identical outfits, but sometimes both brothers and sisters had coordinated outfits. Identical outfits for boys and girls, except for sailor suits, were much less common.
German children wore a variety of garments when their outfits were coordinated. Younger children in particular wore a range of identical or coordinated outfits. There were more limited outfit choices for older children. The mosr frequently used outfit was the sailor suit. The children might for example wear identical middy blouses, but with pants for the boys and skirts for the girls. An example here is a middle-class family in 1909. At the time sailor suits were most popular, girls did not commonly wear dresses. We do see quite a number of brothers and sisters dressed in matching or similar sailor suits, with the boys wearing pants and the girls skirts.
It is just a preliminary assessment, but it seems that it was more common to dress brothers in identical outfits than sisters.
We are not entirely sure about the chronology yet. We have little information about the 19th century. We believe that brothers and sisters also wotr matching sailor suits in the 19th century, but our archive is very limited. We see quite a number of brothers and sisters wearing identical middy blouses in the 20th century. Here we note quite a number of examples in the photgraphic record.
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