We have a good bit of information about girls' clothing during thge 1920s. Major fashion changes followed World War I. The flapper dress is the most definitive fashion statement of the 190s, but this was for older girls and young women. Girls still wore dresses are comparable skirted garments almost exclusively. Hems rose. There was also a tendency to seek a boyish look. This was reflected in bobbed hair and the wearing of garments with a manish look.
1920s: Dresses and hairbows: Canadian family picnic
Early 1920s: Hairbow and dress: American girl and brother
Early 1920s: Dress with apron: German children with grandmother
Early 1920s: School coats : German first day of school
Early 1920s: White summer frock: Latvian girl
1920s: Summer frock: Younger American girl
About 1920: Sailor caps, reefer coats, and leggings: English twins
Early 1920s: Chinese dress Belgian brother and sister
Early 1920s: School dresses : German primary school children
Early 1920s: School dresses and pinafores: German secondary school class
1920: Winter helmet hat, coat and leggings: French girl
1920: Long dresses and petticoats: Italian (Sardinian) children
1920: Plain dresses: American girls
1920: Overcoat and dress: Chilean girls
1921: Young girl's dress: Belgian girl and her two older brothers
1921: School dressess: Mexican girls
1922: Girl's dress, curls, and hair bow: English girl and brother
1923: Children's band: American children
1924: Soviet school uniform: Russian girls
1924: Winter leggings and snowsuit: French boy and girl
1924: White dress: Italian girl
1924: Dresses and pinafores: Danish girls
1924: Schoolwear American boys and girls
Probably mid-1920s: Dress: American family
1925: Coat and cap: American girl and little brother
1926: Matching pink dresses: American sisters and their older brother
1926: Schoolwear--Bronx community center: American boys and girls
1926: Dresses and hair bows: Large French Canadian family
1926: Play dresses: German children
1927: Simmer dress and hair bow: Little Bulgarian girl
1927: Summer dresses: German sisters
1927: Overcoats and long stockings Aristocrativ girls
1928: Patterened long stockings: American catalog
1928: Dresses and pinafore: Latvian school group
1928: Overcoat and hat: Swedish teenager
1929: Dresses and hats: Dutch mother with her daughter in dresses and helmet-like hats with sons in sailor suits
1929: Plaid dress and bangs: American brother and sister
1929: Print dress and strap shoes: Latvian teenager
Late 1920s: Dresses and hair styles: French family
Late 1920s: White dress and hair style: American girl
Late 1920s: Plain dresses and hair bows: American family
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