hat Did Children of the Renaissance Wear?
The childrens'clothing of the Renaissance time period might be different than you think. A common idea people have about childrens' clothing in the Renaissance is that the children wore replicas of their parents clothing only in much smaller sizes. The fact of the matter is that, that common idea is true to a certain extent. Childrens' clothing did look similar to the adult clothing, although, much like the childrens' clothing of today the clothes were much simplier and made of stronger material. The thought behind making the childrens' clothing stronger and simplier is this: children don't stay the same size forever. So why not make the clothes simplier and save some money,especially if in a year or two they would just have to buy new clothes anyway. Also children from the Renaissance weren't much different from today, they loved to run around and get their clothes worn out and dirty. The parents of the generation must have figured out the kids' secret and started making the clothes out of a stronger material to prevent the wearing out of material in such short amounts of time.