Figure 1.--Here we see three children all with the same caps. Boys and girls bth wore bloses as well although here the vlouses worn by the boys and girls are styled differntly. Click on the image for a look at the boy's cap. There seems to be a dangling decoration on the middle girl's cap.

The first sailor outfits for girls were sailor dresses. We note many examples of both sailor dresses and sailor blouses and skirts during the 1880s-1910s. The dresses were only for girls, excpt for very young pre-school boys. The headwear and blouses were largely interchangeable. The skirts were primarily for girls and the knee pabts were exclively for boys. We know that girls for gym wore bloomers, but weare not sure they wore sailor blouses with their bloomers as in America. Sailor suits for boys declined in popularity after World War I. We are not sure about the trend for girls yet. Many American girls wore sailor blouses and dresses for school. A factor here is the fact that private schools had uniforms so sailor outfits were mot commonly worn once they began school. Of course they could be worn to the state schools which until after World War II did not have uniforms. So we are looking into this as well.

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