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We ae not entirely sure about just how these leggings were used. Apparently they were used by children where ever they went outdoors during the winter. That means both for play and for mpre formal events like parties or going to church. We are not sure if children had more than one pair of leggings for use in different occassions. This could have involved different material with the play pair made in more durable material or an older pair and the formal pair in more expensive, finer material. Many of the images we have found show rather fashioinbly dressed children wearing them. Leggings were primarily worn by younger pre-school children. But we notice some older children wearing them, occassionlly to school, but that does not seem to have been very common. We only note a few examples. Some children presumably took their leggings off after they got to school which may have affected the photographic record. We suspect that girls may have more commonly wotn them to school, but we are not yet sure.
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