This article discusses the clothing of Jewish children and adolescents in Western and Central Europe in the early modern period. Looking at egodocuments, sumptuary laws, visual representations, moral books, halakhic literature and apprenticeship contracts, it gives a first overview of children’s dress and involvement in the textile industry. The article explore the forces that shaped children’s garments—parental desires, legal and halakhic constraints and social norms. It pays special attention to the places where children and adolescents desires were manifested, and the ways children’s agency is professed, through choosing their own garments and contributing to the textile industry and changing of fashions.

本文讨论了近代早期西欧和中欧的犹太儿童和青少年的服装。通过查看自我文档，法规，视觉表达，道德书籍，伊斯兰文学和学徒合同，它概述了儿童的着装及其在纺织工业中的参与。本文探讨了塑造儿童服装的力量-父母的欲望，法律和伊斯兰的约束以及社会规范。它特别注意表现出儿童和青少年渴望的地方，以及通过选择自己的服装并为纺织工业和时尚做出贡献为儿童提供代理服务的方式。