Children, both boys and girls, were dressed in similar fashion until approximately seven years of age. At that time a boy would be "breeched," that is, dressed for the first time as a young man in scaled-down versions of adult clothing.

Until that time, both sexes were dressed with shirts/shifts, an ankle-length gown, generally fastened in the back, a biggin (a close-fitting cap tied under the chin) and an apron, sometimes with bib. Their shoes and stockings were virtually the same as the adult’s, and they also wore capes, coats and hats as outerwear. The point is not as clear-cut for the transferring of girls from a child’s gown to a young woman’s clothing, but it was probably by the early teens.

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