Here is a brief summary to help as you move through the different styles detailed below. Some of the most important boys' clothing styles in the 19th and 20th Century are listed below. Available information about the design, ages worn, materials, country differences, boys' opinions and other details on provided on each of these styles. The girls wear dresses and short white socks or tights. These dancers wear their school costumes.
More advanced dancers have solo costumes.
The specific age groupings have varied over time. Many clothing catalogs advertising children's clothes describe the sizes in years. This means the average size child. Some children, of, course are smaller or larger than average. These sizes have also changed over time as today's better fed children are often larger than children in earlier times.