Boys' Skirts: Patterns


Figure 1.--This Connecticut boy wears a stripped skirt weith large pleats. Notice the belted trim and small plaid bow. HBC would date this image about 1880. Some boys wore skirts and blouses.

Many of the skirts were solid colors, although a colored band at the hem was a common stylistic device on otherwise solid colored skirts. A smaller number of skirts were striped. HBC is unsure just how common the stripped skirts were. HBC has noted both very very narrow, hardly noticeable colored stripes on light colored fabrics. Some skirts, however had bold stripes. Often the stripes were colors on white. I'm not sure what the common colors wee for these stripes, but blue or red seem likely colors. Thde stripes might be repeated in a kind of belt at the top of the skirt. The skirts appear to have generally been worn long, between the knee and the calf. HBC does not know if there were any gender based differences concerning the prevalence of stripped patterns or the colors chosen.







Christopher Wagner





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