Figure 1.--These two unidentified American twins had this tin-type portriat taken in the 1870s. They wear fashionable dresses with striped long stockings. Click on the image to see another portrair of them a few years later. |
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Patterned long stockings, mostly stripe, were quite common in the mid-19th century. We see many children wearing long stockings done in colored bands. These stockings were very widely worn by both boys and girls. They were primarily a choldren's styles as youth and adukts did not normally show their hosiery. The photographic record shows they were extremely popular, although this varied chrnologically. It is a little difficult to estimate how commonly they were worn. The relative appearance in thephotohraphic record is probably a good indicator. They seem most popular in the 1870s and 80s, but in both decades were worn by a minority of children. It was not, however a small minority.
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