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Vintage Dancer | Victorian Fashion History | Victorian Children’s Clothing and Fashion

Victorian Children’s Clothing and Fashion

Victorian Fashion History

4 Sep 2018

The Victorian era was an interesting time for boys’ and girls’ fashion. Victorian children’s clothing for middle and upper classes were smaller versions of adult clothing with shorter hemlines and sturdier materials. Poor children wore simplified hand me down versions of outdated rich kids’ clothing. Boys and girls wore white gowns as infants and toddlers, graduating to suits, sailor clothes, or sporty knicker outfits for boys and long or short dresses with aprons for girls. Both genders wore button-up boots.  Young girls wore bonnets and boys wore caps and straw hats. Long coats and jackets kept them warm in winter.

The following is a decade-by-decade look at Victorian children’s clothing and kids’ fashion from my collection of pictures. If you need additional pictures or help researching Victorian children’s fashion,d contact me.

For ready to wear Victorian children’s costumes and clothing, look here.

1850s Children’s Clothing

1850s Pink Dress and hat, Victorian girls fashion
1850s Pink Dress and hat
1850s white lace party dress and bonnet
1850s white lace party dress and bonnet
1854 white dress and bonnet
1858 Victorian boys dress and straw hat
1858 boys dress and straw hat

1860s Children’s Clothing

1863 dress with zouave jackets | Victorian children's clothing & fashion
1863 dress with zouave jackets
1863 boys suits and coat | Victorian children's clothing & fashion
1863 boys suits and coat
1865 plaid dress under blue jacket | Victorian children's clothing & fashion
1865 plaid dress under blue jacket
1869 dress and coat | Victorian children's clothing & fashion
1869 dress and coat

1870s Children’s Clothing

187s Victorian girls skating dress, coat, scarf, children's fashion
1871 skating dress, coat, scarf
1871 Victorian girls blue skating outfit
1871 blue skating outfit
1871 Victorian girls red skating suit jacket boots winter fashion
1871 Red skating suit
1873 girls apron dress, Victorian pinafore dress
1873 girls apron dress

1873 Victorian girls coat and muff
1873 girls coat and muff
1873 Victorian boys clothing with tam hat
1873 boys clothing with tam hat
1873 boys cloak clothing Victorian era
1873 boys cloak
1873 Victorian era children boys skating clothes
1873 boys skating clothes

1874 Victorian girl's dresses and coats
1874 girl’s dresses and coats

1880s Children’s Clothing

1883 Victorian girls coats and Jackets, kids fashion
1883 girls coats
1883 Victorian girl's clothing children's fashion
1883 girl’s clothing
1883 Victorian girls outfits, clothing, fashion in the Victorian era
1883 girls outfits
1886 Victorian girls coats
1886 girls coats

1883 Victorian children's fashion and clothing
1883 children’s fashion
1883 Victorian boys clothing & fashion for children
1883 boys clothing
1883 Victorian boys suits- norfolk, sailor, playtime
1883 boys suits- norfolk, sailor, playtime
1883 Victorian boys shirts "waists"
1883 boys shirts “waists”

1883 Victorian boys fashion and children's clothing
1883 boys fashions
1883 Victorian boys suits, clothing, fashion
1883 boys suits, clothing, fashion
1880 Victorian boys play suit, clothing, fashion, outfit
1880 boys play suit
1888 Victorian girls yellow dress
1888 girls yellow dress

1890s Children’s Clothing – Girls

Victorian kids clothing 1890 girls jackets, coats, dresses
1890 girls jackets, coats, dresses
Victorian 1890 girl's dresses and jackets
1890 girl’s dresses and jackets
1890 Victorian children's hats, caps, bonnets for girls
1890 Victorian children’s hats, caps, bonnets
1893 girls white dress Victorian era children's clothing
1893 girls white dress

1894 girls coats
1894 girls coats
1894 girls white dresses, Victorian era kids clothing
1894 girls white dresses
1894 Victorian children's girls short coats and jackets
1894 girls short coats and jackets
1894 Victorian era girls pinafore dresses
1894 girls pinafore dresses

1894 Victorian girl's bonnets, infant hats
1894 girl’s bonnets, infant hats
1895 Victorian girl's plaid dresses
1895 girl’s plaid dresses
1895 children's coats and jackets
1895 children’s coats and jackets
1895 Victorian baby gowns dresses
1895 baby gowns

1895 Victorian era children's girls short dresses
1895 short dresses
1895 Victorian girl's aprons
1895 girl’s aprons
1896 children's bonnets, Victorian hats
1896 children’s bonnets, hats
1896 plaid girls dresses & victorian clothing outfits
1896 plaid girls dresses

1897 girls day dresses Victorian era
1897 girls day dresses
1897 Victorian Girl's sailor dresses and jackets
1897 Girl’s sailor dresses and jackets

1890s Children’s Clothing – Boys

1894 children's clothing, woman's dress with cape coat
1894 children’s clothing
1894 boys shirts, Victorian era waists
1894 boys shirts, waists
1894 Victorian boys outfits - pants, coat, suit jacket
1894 boys outfits – pants, coat, suit jacket
1894 Victorian children boys kilts and suits
1894 boys kilts and suits

1894 boys suits and children's clothing
1894 boys suits
1894 Victorian boys coats and jackets
1894 boys coats and jackets
1894 boys coats, Victorian era
1894 boys coats
1894 Victorian boys sailor suits, clothing
1894 boys sailor suits, clothing

1894 Victorian children boys play outfits
1894 boys play outfits
1896 Victorian boys clothing suits
1896 boys suits
1896 boys sailor suit, victorian children's fashion
1896 boys sailor suit

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Comments

  1. nickie says

    December 18, 2018 at 4:46 pm

    This website is very useful to me and I learned a a lot of things about Victorian children clothing.

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