>Clothing survival is not representative of stature (adolescent
>clothing disproportionately saved)
 
Also remember that larger clothes were continually taken in and hemmed and
altered to fit smaller and smaller members of a family(-ies) as the material
wore out and the garments became shabbier.  (At least that's what my
registrar boss told me once.)  So not only are adolescent clothes
disproportionately saved but adult clothing may not remain in its original
form(s).
 
Holly Trimper
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