Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.
All the children had to wear a gas mask in case of a gas attack by the Germans. They tried to make the masks like Mickey Mouse faces so the children would like them. But I didn't. They had big ears on them.
Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
Clothing started as an armor for me. It was one of the ways that I protected myself from the world. It evolved into a form of creative expression.
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.
I love the way little kids dress themselves! They're completely carefree about how others perceive them.
It's important to dress our children well. I have some wonderful memories from my childhood, and so much is associated with what I was wearing. If you look good, you feel good - simple.
You can see it right away when a person is dressing outside of who she is.
I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.