Figure 1.--Notice the long pants and long hair of the boy by the soldier. Russian artist Vasily Perov painted "Merrymaking in Paris" during 1863-64 whilke working in Paris. The painting is located at the the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Young boys continued wearing dresses. Boys from affluent families might ear them longer than boys from working class families. Kilts were still fashionable in the 1860s, but declined in popularity by the end of the decade. Many boys wore long trousers, but calf-length kneepants became increasingly common for younger boys. We note working-class in the 1860s still wearing long trousers when children from more affluent children were beginning to commonly wear kneepants. Puffed sleeves were popular for both boys and girls in the in 1850s, but not common by the 1870s. Younger boys suits often had fancifull styling. By the 1860s younger boys were seen in velvet suits with lace collars, the fore runner of the Fauntleroy suit. Sailor styling is still not a major style through the 1860s, but we do note sailor hats being worn. We do not note many boys wearing smocks, but our information is still limited. Great advances in photography were made in the 1860s and while still expensive, a photogphic portrait during the 1860s became much more afordable to French families.

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