Figure 1.--Here we see two German girls, probanly susters with large hair bows. This porteait was taken in 1913. Umage courtesy of the BP collection. |
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We are not yet sure about the chronological trends concerning girls hair bows yet. We know that hairbows were worn by younger children in the late 19th century, both boys and girls. We are not sure just when girls even younger girls began wearing large hairbows instead of hats. Small hairbows could we worn with hats, but not large bows. We believe that this probably occurred in the 1890s, but are not yet sure. We do knowthat girls were wearing large hair bows by the turn of the 20th century. We had thought that this style was especially popular in the 1890s with girls some times wearing very large hair bows. This seems to have been the case in America. There appear, however, appears to have been differences from country to country. A German reader tells us that she believes hat hairbows in Germany were especially popular with girls in the 1920s. Our German contributor writes, "I searched in my German photograph archive for girls' hairbows. In the 1910s I found hairbows, only few big and more on the head side or back. In the 1920s I note pretty large hairbows, often nearly on the top of the head." We are less sure about other countries.
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