(Here's a cute little girl's costume from a Mother Goose nursery rhyme.)
Suitable for a Child. Tall and pointed cap, pink and white stripes carried round; soft pink silk dress with honeycomb yoke, a skipping-rope round waist; sleeves with puff at shoulder, slashed puffs at elbow, cuffs falling over the hand.
Source: Holt, Ardern. Fancy Dresses Described, 5th Edition. London: Debenham & Freebody, 1887.
The rhyme:
Here am I, little jumping Joan,
When nobody's with me
I'm always alone.
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