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locks_are_paranoid t1_iwth4ey wrote

I always forget that boys used to wear dresses.

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Auricfire t1_iwuerv5 wrote

I think historically nobody wore closed bottom clothes until their parents were 100% certain that their kids wouldn't shit themselves.

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dishonourableaccount t1_iwvi6k6 wrote

Yep my dad and uncles (from Haiti in the 1960s) have photos of them wearing what are basically dresses.

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TiredEnglishStudent t1_iwusl95 wrote

I thought it was a dress too but I actually think it's a long coat over short pants and some sort of tights.

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