When I WAS A Girl we wore garters belts to keep our stockings up, no stockings until 5th grade for me and only very special occasions, belted pads and galoshes over our shoes. They had us skinny little girls wear girdles too . OMG, I'm old like I thought my mother was!! I told DD I thought her dance dress was too short though she did look cute. In Junior High pants on girls were not allowed, but mini-skirts came in and they checked the length of your skirt. Pants started looking good to them then. Ah, the 60', only almost 50 years away.