Children's clothing fashion, finding the right garment for every party, category of children's outfits starts with christening clothes, costumes for boy and dress with cape for girls. A christening dress is a piece of clothing that the person is wearing during the baptismal ceremony. Usually it refers to a long white dress for babies, which is worn by both boys and girls. But also for adult baptisms, the person who is baptized sometimes wears a special garment called a christening dress (or baptismal robe). Until well after the Middle Ages, children were baptized as soon as possible, sometimes even on the day of their birth. This happened because they wanted to avoid the risk of the child dying unbaptized. At that time there was no special clothing for the person to be baptized yet; the child was brought to church swaddled and often baptized naked. Sometimes they had special wraps (wraps) for the baby. Traditional long white christening dress for a baby. It was not until the 18th century that it became customary for babies to be given special clothing for baptism. Baptism also no longer took place immediately after birth, but a few weeks later. Back then, babies wore long dresses until they crawled. The christening gown was also long, usually white or ivory and could be richly decorated with ribbons, lace, smocking and embroidery. The most commonly used fabrics were cotton, linen and silk. The christening dress sometimes also included a cap, jacket or cape. Baptism dresses were made from the mother's wedding dress. They were often family heirlooms used by different generations. An example is the christening dress of the Dutch princess (later queen) Wilhelmina from 1880. It was still in use when her great-grandson Willem Alexander was baptized in 1967. In parts of the Netherlands with their own traditional costume, it was customary until the twentieth century to have babies baptized while swaddled. Usually the baptisms were wrapped in a special wrap. Especially in areas along the coast of the North Sea and Zuiderzee, chintz wraps were used for baptisms. This is a painted, densely woven cotton fabric originally imported from Southeast Asia by the Dutch East India Company. Sits is also used in traditional costume. In the 21st century, children are baptized later and later; they are often already six months to a year. In any case in the Netherlands, the traditional long white christening dress has become less and less popular as a result, although it is still used.