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Scottish girls almost entirely wore skirted garments until the mid-20th century. This was the common convention throughout Europe. We do know that until after the mid-20th century Scottish girls like girls in other countries mostly wore dresses. There were of course counless styles and decoative touches. We are unsure how popular skirts were. We do not see many skirts in the photographic record, but this may be because most girls dressed up for studio portraits which constituted the great bulk of the photographic record throughout the 19th century. We see very few snapshots until the 20th century. We do see pinafores in the 19th century and they were probably much more common than suggested by the photographjioc record. Again this probably reflects the tendency to dress up for a studio portraits. Meaning most girls wwe nowear pinafiores fir the portrait, even though they commonly wore them. Dresses were very common in the late-19h century and very early-20th century.
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