Figure 1.--This CDV portraut was taken in the Henry Lambert studio locted in Bath. The boy may be Edward Rendall. The portrait was probably taken in the late-1869s or early 1870s. He wears a cut-away jackets and vest. Notice the button detailing of the vest is continued on the knickers. Notice how plain the suit is.

The basic garments of a suit are jacket , vest, and pants. The type of suit is primarily determined by the jacket styles. In the 1870s we see cut-away jacket suits, sack suits with lapels, anf frock suit ith longer jackets. Cut-way jackets mostly came with vests. We see boys up to about 10-years of age wearing them and were even more common for slightly younger boys. We note both plain ones and and heavily decorated ones. They were still quite common atthe beginningb ifthe decade, but less so by the end of the deade. As the cit-away jacket was a style for younger boys, they often, but not always were done with shotrend-length pants. We note noth knickers and kneepants. The knickers seem the most common. Lapels and buttoning arrangements could be quite varied. Vests were very common. Most boys wore long pants with suits. Younger boys might wear suits with knee pants or knickers, but most boys by about 10-years of age were wearing long pants, many even younger. Some of the knickers had full (baggy) cuts. The knee pants were often done with wide legs. The pants were often decorated with stripes and other detailing, matching the decoration on the jackets.

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