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Some mothers dressed all the children in sailor suits, sometimes with identical styling. Fathers might also be involved, but for young boys and the girls it was usually mother. Other mother chose different styles for the boys and girls or just chose one gender for the sailor suits. Age was a another factor to be considered. Younger boys were more likely to wear the same sailor suits their big sister wore than older boys the same suits as their little sisters. But such styles were up to individual families there being no set conventions on such matters. Sailor styling was a fashion that was fairly consisrent over time, as the traditionally styled outfits. And the age range was fairly wide. Here the boys age range was a little shorter than that for gurls. Thus it was the perfect style for parents who wanted to dress their children in similar outfits. This could incluse just the boys or just the girls or in some cases both the boys and girls. And the outfits could be identica, similar, or just sailor outfirs with different styling. Identical outfits would have been presumably all purchased at the same time. By identical or similar we are talking about the tops, either blouses or for the girls the top of the dress. Both could be styled alike for boys and girls. The tops the children on the previous page are wearing are good examples, they are absolutely identical, although the scarves are tied differently. The boy's scarf is done as bow. Here the children are all wearing sailor outfit, but they are styled differently (figure 1). The boy's suit has traditional stripe detailing. The girls have lace instead of the stripes. The basic sailor blouse was not gender specific. And they could be identical or similar. Of course the boys wore pants and the girls skirts or dresses. There was, however, little or no styling on either.
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