Archduke Otto: Skirted Garments


Figure 1.--This picture looks to have been taken about 1915. Shown are the Archduke Charles and his entire family at the time. Otto is shown with his sister and baby brother, Robert. Otto, who was probably about 3 years old, is still wearing dresses.

We see Prince Otto wearing a vriety of skirted outfits. It is difficult to tell much about the garments in the available outfits. Somelook to be dresses, but he may have also worn tunics as well. We have no information on these garments other than what can be gleaned by assessing the available portraits and other photographs. They seem to be mostly white garments. I'm not sure when he was breached nor if all the other boys were breached at a specif age. Clearly Emperess Zita did not believe in cutting the boys' hair at the time of breaching. In fact Otto continued to have worn long hair to what looks like his early teens.







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Created: March 25, 2004
Last updated: March 25, 2004