Interesting. I do not have children, but considering their rough and tumble play, I would be more concerned about how clothing withstood real life rather than its appearance or gender significance.
There were clothing items that required such careful washing, ironing, and frequent repairing!
Now there's an interesting project! The trick would be locating the best primary sources. Most museum collections of children's clothing make it seem like childhood was one long party: all dressy, fussy clothes, most of them rarely worn! Not until inexpensive photography made snapshots popular do we even have many images of children in everyday play clothes.
Interesting. I do not have children, but considering their rough and tumble play, I would be more concerned about how clothing withstood real life rather than its appearance or gender significance.
There were clothing items that required such careful washing, ironing, and frequent repairing!
Now there's an interesting project! The trick would be locating the best primary sources. Most museum collections of children's clothing make it seem like childhood was one long party: all dressy, fussy clothes, most of them rarely worn! Not until inexpensive photography made snapshots popular do we even have many images of children in everyday play clothes.