a decorative double-breasted waistcoat, and a narrow bow tie. Montreal, after 1882. Lawmen of Dodge City wear their coats with only the high top button fastened. Wyatt Earp (front row, second from left) wears a three-piece "ditto" suit with contrasting binding around the coat collar and lapel, 1883. Composer Anton Rubinstein conducts in formal evening wear (dark coat, trousers, and waistcoat, white shirt and tie), 1887. Children's fashion Young girls wore dresses with round collars and sashes. Fashionable dresses had dropped waists. Pinafores were worn for work and play. When going out, especially in the winter, girls wore many layers to keep warm. A warm coat was worn with kid leather gloves. Gloves were worn under a muff hand warmer, so when the girl removed her hands from the muff, her gloves would keep them warm. Just like ladies, all upper-class Victorian girls wore gloves when going out. A hat or bonnet was worn as well, along with long, knee-length button-up boots or shorter boots with gaiters to give the appearance of wearing long boots. Older boys wore knee-length breeches and jackets with round-collared shirts. Working clothes See also Victorian fashion Victorian dress reform Artistic Dress movement Corset controversy Svenska drägtreformföreningen References Arnold, Janet: Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860–1940, Wace 1966, Macmillan 1972. Revised metric edition, Drama Books 1977. Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland: A History of Fashion, Morrow, 1975. Nunn, Joan: Fashion in Costume, 1200–2000, 2nd edition, A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd; Chicago: New Amsterdam Books, 2000. (Excerpts online at The Victorian Web) Payne, Blanche: History of Costume from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century'', Harper & Row, 1965. No ISBN for this edition; ASIN B0006BMNFS External links 1880s Fashion Plates of men, women, and children's fashion from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries 1880s Fashion From Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914: Politics, Health, and Art, Ohio State University : Olive wool tea gown, 1882 Bustle, corset and combination, 1884-1890 Navy wool tea gown c. 1889 What Victorians Wore: An Overview of Victorian Costume Children's fashion of the 1880s Fashion 1880s fashion