In certain regions of Lithuania men's attire is more colorful and patterned while in others more subdued and darker. Boys' national costumes are similar to men's but they usually do not wear vests or jackets. Girls' garments are similar to women's. Young girls wear short checked or patterned skirts and white aprons embroidered with traditional motifs. The beads they wear are smaller, plainer and they usually do not tie sashes around their waists.
Adolescent girls wear calf-length skirts.
Girls wear small crowns with ribbons hanging down their back or flower wreaths. It must also be remembered that a national costume cannot be simplified and worn without certain pieces of it. High-heeled shoes or colored and open sandals should never be worn with a national costume. If they do not have suitable footwear, women and girls may wear simple black closed shoes. National costumes should be worn with proper respect, decorum, pride and solemnity, A person wearing a Lithuanian national costume represents his or her nation.