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8 Baffling Things You Won’t Believe People Did 100 Years Ago

When dresses were not only for girls

Before there was the social norm of blue for boys and pink for girls, both boys and girls wore dresses, which is more than surprising considering how strict and stiff people were one hundred years ago. In the early 20th century, people seemed to have been less interested in gender colors and clothing, at least when it came to children. In fact, it was not uncommon for boys to wear dresses, sometimes until they turned 8.

Why was it so fashionable for boys to wear dresses, you ask? Well, according to the Vintage News, it wasn’t something considered strange; more than that, it was easier for little boys to use the potty wearing a dress rather than having all those complicated fastenings on their trousers, like adult men. After World War I, this fashion trend disappeared in most households, but dresses remained practical when it came to baby boys. As much as the men who wore dresses as babies tried to get rid of the evidence, today, we can still see photos of baby boys in white dresses taken 100 years ago.

See also: 1920 Vs. 2020: What’s Changed And What Hasn’t In 100 Years

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5 thoughts on “8 Baffling Things You Won’t Believe People Did 100 Years Ago”

    1. Did you know, Rita, that the mayor is defunding the police and St. Louis is beating Chicago in murder rate now?

  1. When I was a little girl

    When I was a little girl my mother made my costume, but that was before mothers worked outside the home. Mostly I went as a hobo or a clown.

  2. I started smocking in High school. I remember saying “they” can’t make American’s stop smoking. How can they enforce it ? LOL

  3. “The first orphanage in America was first opened in 1729 for white children”…
    Let’s be fair here, in America then there were practically nothing BUT white children. This sounds like it was established as a racist institution. I doubt the Indians were going to put their war orphans in the enemy’s care anyhow.