When Boys Wore Dresses

There was a time when it was quite common in the Western world for young boys to wear dresses.

Produced by Matt Beat. Music: "Acid Jazz" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sources/further reading:
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/fdr-grew-up-in-a-dress-it-wasnt-always-blue-for-boys-and-pink-for-girls/237299/
https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/fashion-for-children/breeching-ceremony-young-boy-rite-passage
https://medium.com/@NewAgeNews/why-is-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-wearing-a-dress-83fba3549523
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeching_(boys)

An annotated version of the script of this video:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zh7B7fEsAHcP0nlWA1avDBBODSvHuW8xp4zONhEW-DM/edit?usp=sharing

#history #fashionhistory #worldhistory

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