long before the age of tube tops, miniskirts, and body glitter, the clothing of children and teenagers was not significantly different from that of their parents. in a strange sense, the dominance of youth culture in the decade after the great war had children dressing like children and adults often...well, dressing like children, too. many details we now associate with clothing of the younger set - prominent collars, faggoting, and smocking, were also prevalent in designs for house dresses of grown women. here, we see examples of clothing of the average american child from the national cloak and suit company catalogue, spring and summer 1925:
i'd like to share a few garments very similar to those in the photograph above. this green linen dress with cream accents, floral embroidery, and extensive faggoting bears an uncanny likeness to the red dress we see from the catalogue page. it's labelled lucette Frocks, unusual for an era when most day dresses did not have labels.
this blue and orange plaid dress with inverted pleat detail is most likely homemade, with attractive floral appliques that are sewn onto the garment using a blanket stitch. both these garments were pretty pedestrian back in the day, but they have held up swimmingly. they still take a beating when worn today, further proving the age-old-adage: "they don't make 'em like they used to!"
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