{"id":327,"date":"2017-04-02T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/02\/childrens-clothing\/"},"modified":"2017-04-02T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T19:17:00","slug":"childrens-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/childrens-clothing.html","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Clothing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nClothes for Tots<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nI read an article in the Wall Street Journal ( Sat-Sun March
\n18-19, 2017) entitled \u201cKid\u2019s Style: The New Order\u201d by Kari Molvar.  According to Molvar, there are on-line
\ncouture sites dedicated to children\u2019s clothing and accessories for parents (
\nand presumably grandparents and other gift givers) specializing in the very
\nhigh end , and price!, attire for the kiddie set. While there are retail
\noutlets for children\u2019s clothing at the mall, the variety is, admittedly,
\nsomewhat limited.  I remember shopping
\nin Lisbon, where nearly every third shop specialized in clothing for infants
\nand children.  This got me thinking of
\nthe history of clothing for children and the lack of information available,
\nespecially in the times prior to the 17th<\/sup>  century.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nAfter the 1700\u2019s there is more information on this subject
\nof youth fashions ,which can be found readily on the Internet.  It was not until the mid 1800\u2019s that
\njournals gave detailed descriptions of children\u2019s wear.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n However, before that
\ntime there  is scarce reference to the
\ncostumes worn by children.  We get
\ninformation of the past through paintings, drawings and literature created at
\nthe time.  While not always totally accurate,
\nthere is a tendency to put on a \u201cgood face\u201d when rendering life styles, these
\nsources do give  clues from which
\nhistorians can draw plausible conclusions. 
\nHerein lies our problem.  There
\nare few pictorial references to children in early history.  One of the few references I found was a
\npainting now in the Louvre \u201cThe Dauphin Charles Orland\u201d 1495 by Maitre Des
\nMoulins.  According to Francoise
\nBoucher, ( 20,000 Years of Fashion), in the 16th<\/sup> C children\u2019s
\ncostume \u201cwas still largely practical: flannel gowns, linen bibs, caps with
\nturned up flaps worn over *\u2018beguins\u2019. 
\nIn the course of the century they began to be dressed like miniature
\nadults\u201d.<\/div>\n
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\n                                                           Harry Abrams, Inc, NY<\/div>\n
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\nIt is reasonable to assume that before the emergence of the
\nmiddle classes in the 1800\u2019s, few had the financial ability to hire portraits
\nof their family.  Most paintings that
\nwere not of religious nature were those commissioned by nobility and,
\ntherefore, not an accurate representation of the general populace.  There is, sadly,  another reason that children were generally not represented in
\nearly times.  The rate of infant
\nmortality was extremely high.  Many
\ninfants did not survive to childhood, many children did not survive past the
\nage of five years. Perhaps, it was not deemed necessary to provided anything
\nbut the basic clothing of tunics and stockings and caps.  Until children reached an age when they were
\nput to work in the fields (or later in factories) there was no perceived need
\nfor children\u2019s costumes.  Even as they
\naged, as referenced by Boucher they were dressed in scaled-down versions of
\nclothing worn by their parents.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nNow, even the young toddler has a sense of what they would
\nprefer to wear.  As I have said
\npreviously, I volunteer in the Children\u2019s Room of our public library.  Every week for Pre-school Story-time 2-5
\nyear olds attend dressed in costumes of their fictional heroes, or dress as
\nseen in the media,  choosing their dress
\nand accessories for themselves. Occasionally, their choices are humorous,
\nalbeit, whole hearted.  Nevertheless
\nthey are confident in their fashion style.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n*Beguin- a folded piece of linen worn as a hood, under a
\ncap, in the Flemish style.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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