Figure 1.--Here we bsee a cabinet card portait taken by B. Gotlib of Odessa in Ukraine. The boy wears a standard white sailorblouse. The girl wears a fancy dress with o=puff sleeves. The Portrait wa tajen in 1904 during the Tsarist era. Their names look to be something Vania and Tiny.

We have little information at this time on boys' clothing in Ukraine. Until 1992, Uktaine was part of the Tsarist Empire or the Soviet Union, so styles were strongly influenced by Russian styles. Given the country's historical experience, we assume that clothing styles were similar to those worn in Russia and Poland. Our Ukraine archive is still very small which has limited our examination of specific garments and styles. Photography is affected by economics so generally we see few photograohs in Eastern Eutope ghan Western Europe. We see tunic outfits during the Tsarist era, a style based on peasant dress. Poverty as in Russia affected dress. Near slavery serfdom dominated rural areas for several centurires. There was also a German influence, in part adopted by royalty and aristocrats during the Tsarist era. This is why we sees so many sailor suits. Socialist economics kept Ukranians poor during much of the 20th century even as Western Europe reached unprcedented levels of prosperity. . After World War II, both Russia and Ulraine began to be affected by a kind of general European styles that largely overwhhealmed country stles, styles thatvwere in poart influenced by America like jeans. Today it is virtually impossible to identify countries solely by looking at garments and styles. The basic styles and garments are now European wide.

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