Children
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At birth, children are wrapped in linen or flannel. They were simple pieces of cloth, ranging in comfort, and common among classes. Children were always tightly wrapped so as to protect their weak bodies from damage.
It was the fabric of clothing that signified growing up.
Boys often wore a back-fastening bodice and skirt; doublet and skirt; and full-length fastening coat. Girls
continued to wear a back-fastening bodice.
Schoolboys did not wear uniforms unless they attended a charity school. In this case they wore clothes chosen by the founders. Apprentices or servants were provided clothes by their masters (Buck, 155).
Boys might wear silk and velvet to dress up, but wore more practical and harder wearing fabrics for everyday wear (Buck, 156).
Boys wore a flat crow and narrow brim cap that was horizontal or turned back off the forehead. Caps were made of silk, velvet, cloth, as well as knitted (Buck, 163).
Upper class girls wore a cloak with hat and a muffler and petticoat. Petticoats were lined and faced with silk. Hair was worn loose with a lace billiment to keep it in place. Wool and linen cloth were used to make stockings. Shoes were flat with square toes made of leather, cloth, silk, and velvet (Buck, 172).
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