At the time, children essentially dressed like miniature adults, wearing elaborate dresses with corsets and multiple skirts, dainty, lace-up boots and ridiculous hats and lace gloves.
Flip with his breakfast cereal smile, in his zip-up land speed suit, made of a silvery-blue ripstop cloth that refracted to lavender at angles and folds, and lace-up racing boots that were the color of vanilla ice cream.