Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Children of Charles I by Van Dyck as a model for modern children's clothing

Three small children in satin outfits of red, silver and blue stand on a carpet beside a golden-brown dog.

In the West, a movement is under way to do away with gender stereotypes in children's clothing. I suggest taking our bearings from the seventeenth century: van Dyck's portrait of the children of Charles I of England, Princess Mary and the future Charles II and James II

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