Figure 1.--These two German brothers wear identical sailor suits. The photograph was taken in Sarstedt during 1916. The Germans have a reversence for the forrest. Here the boys are presumably on a family outing. They look to be about 5 and 9 years old. |
Boys would frequently be dresses in the exact same sailor suits. Almost always when brothers were dressed identically, mothers chose traditional styles. Some mothers might style the younger boy's hair in a more juvenile fashion to highlight that he was the younger brother. Often boys of similar age would be dressed in the exact same sailor suits. Some times there was considerable difference in the ages. Perhaps no other garment was so consistently used to dress brothers and sisters in idebtical outfits. Certainly no garment was more commonly used to dressed mixed groups and brothers and sisters than the sailor suit. In these insances skirts were substituted with pants for the girls. We note countless portraits of brothers waring identical sailor suits. This was the case throughout Europe and North America. While thids convention was common in many countries, perhaps no where was it more common than in Germany.
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