Figure 1.--An Italian botique offered these outfits in 2002 for the holiday season. The children wear coordinated outfits with green plaid material. Plaid is a popular pattern for holiday clothing. Notice the older boy's short hair cut.
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Figure 1.--An Italian botique offered these outfits in 2002 for the holiday season. The children wear coordinated outfits with green plaid material. Plaid is a popular pattern for holiday clothing. Notice the older boy's short hair cut. |
Italian botique offered these outfits in 2002 for the holiday season. The children wear coordinated outfits with green plaid
material. Plaid is a popular pattern for holiday clothing. Notice the older boy's short hair cut.
A HBC reader describes a brief article from a 2002 magazine on childrn's fashions. his article is about a Child's clothing store in Italy, called "Le papere".
Get smart for Christmas? From mid-November the boutique will be dressed in it's party clothes - burgundy, deep green and brown for short-sleeved dresses decorated with fine braiding and coordinated cache-coeur, long and short pants with effortless shirts and warm cardigans. What's on the winter shopping list? Oh-so-soft melange cordoroy pants, reversible waterproof breathable techno nylon waistcoats, hooded cashmere swearshirt with a double
curson zip, diagonal-cut jumper, sarong pant, flared pants with
embroidery. Warm fabrics and hot colors to keep out the cold? Shetland wook, vicuna, cashmere, caralry twill, jaspe, velvet, moleskin and herringbone, in a rainbow of blue, orange, brown, musk green, pink. The die-hards? Pique shirts with mother-of-pearl Le Papere buttons, with masculine English-spread or button-down colars; cashmere and pure merino wook knitwear, crafted and finished by hand.
The older boy in the picture looks to be about 11 years old. He wears a pullover seater, plaid short pants, and kneesocks. The younger boy wears a blouse with Peter Pan collar, bibfront shorts, kneesocks, and English-style school sandals. The younger boy's outfit is made in the bibfront rather than he shortall style. Note that all the children are wearing the same green plaid. Plaid is always a popular for the holidays.
Figure 2.--The younger boy wears a blouse with a Peter Pan collar, biffrint shorts in geen plaid, kneesocks, and English style school sandals. Note that the outfit is made in the bibfront rather than the shortall style. |
The popularity of the Nativity scene, one of the most beloved and enduring symbols of the holiday season, originated in Italy.
St. Francis of Assisi asked a man named Giovanni Vellita of the village of Greccio to create a manger scene. St. Francis
performed mass in front of this early Nativity scene, which inspired awe and devotion in all who saw it. The creation of the
figures or pastori became an entire genre of folk art. In Rome, cannon are fired from Castel St. Angelo, located in the middle of the city, of Christmas Eve to announce the beginning of the holiday season.
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