In 2021 the simmer ashubii started a thread by this name, which served as an inspiration to several of us. Now like many other threads the screenshots did not get transferred over, nor did it en...
The onsie, in various forms, were now the predominant clothing for infants, even if dresses could be worn by girls on more festive occasions. Onsies looked a bit like today, but not as tight (as materials didn't stretch as well as today). Also the idea that pink for girls and blue for boys, as we know it today, had come to stay, although other colors were used as well. Infant clothes also showed more skin than before, with short to no sleaves, especially in the summer.
Toddler:
Clothes for toddlers depended a lot on age. At the early stages, rompers didn't look too different from onsies (you can easily use those looks for 50s as well), but as girls grew older they got skirts and dresses. Sailor dresses were popular, as were prints and colors. For boys overalls were a staple, but little boys were also dressed to look like daddy at times. Some of the outfits here fit well into the fifties as well as not that much changed for the youngest ones. Pants for little girls did become more common as the decade went on, and I added a few looks to represent this as well.
Children
Older children were often dressed in clothes that were more adult looking. Dresses were the staple for girls, although pants, capris and skirts were also becoming more popular. Trends in colors and shapes followed adult fashion with A-line dresses and straight shapes. The bold patterns and monochrome look was also popular for children.
For boys a lot was about looking like daddy. Polo-shirts, short sleeve shirts, sweater vests were all common. Plaids, patterns, stripes and lots of greens were popular.
Teenagers - girls
Teenagers were among the first to embrace the new fashion of miniskirts and A-line dresses, and I've tried to represent that here. Prom dresses were still very much a princess-shaped affair, but with more modern styles becoming popular with times. A lot of the teenage looks would also work for young adults, I just didn't want to get to repetitive. Towards the end of the decade, the flared jeans that are so typical for the 70s start becoming popular. I saved these for the teenager look (for both boys and girls). Personally I love the look with the fashion street top and flared jeans, just as I love the same top with other pants and styling in the adult fashion. I wish we had more tops like that one in general. For the last four looks I went for working out, swimming and prom.
Teenagers - boys
Teenage boys were according to all pictures I've seen very polished. Shirts (mostly tucked though there is a shortage of that in-game), polo-shirts, sweater vests and slim pants are what you see in most pictures until the end of the decade. Towards the end, we get more t-shirts and those flared jeans. In the first row of outfits the last two are really a representation of the move from slim jeans to flared that happened at the end of the decade. In the second row, outfit one is an early 60s outfit, similar to the 50s but with slimmer jeans, and the last is a late 60s outfit as we're closing in on the 70s. An overall inspiration for several of the outfits were the Beatles, especially pictures of them off the stage. That is also true for the very last party outfit, where I went a bit wild. After all, when are you otherwise ever going to use the St Pepper outfit?