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Some mothers like to outfit their children, both sons and daughters, in identical outfits. This convention of identical family outfits was very popular in Germany and the popular sailor suit was often used. Here there is a slight qualification. Until after World War II, girls almost always wore skirts or drsses, except for school gym or similar activities. This when we say identical outfits, we are talking about the blouse or bodice of a dress. Girls would wear skirts abd boys pants. The identical outfits would include skirts and pnts of the sme material and color. Girls did not wear pants with sailor blouses and boys, except for very young boys, did not wear skirts. This seems especially true from about 1890-1935. This was also the time that the sailor suit was most popular in Germany. And as noth boys anf girls commonly wore sailor suits into their early teens (the girls a little longer), it was the perfect garment for dressing the children identically. Noit only could both boys and girls be dressed alike, but children of a wide age rnge could be dressed alike. This mean the entire family could be dressed alike for many years. Only when a boy rreavhed his later teens could this no longer be done, but the other children could be so dressed for several more years.
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