Figure 1.--This portrait was taken at the Abbott studio in Johnstown, New York, probably in the 1890s. The boy wears a standard double-breasted sack suit with a large ruffled collar and floppy bow. Also notice the watch fob. |
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Ruffled collars were not just worn as part of Fauntleroy outfits and other juvenile outfits. We see many boys wearing ruffled collars with the sack suits that older boys here. As far as we can tell they were ruffled collar blouses. An example is a Tennessee boy in 1902. We note mothers sometimes using ruffle collars for a few years even after a boy had graduated to sack suits. The ruffled collars often accompaied with floppy bow are so striking that they give what ever suit a boy is wearing the look of a Fauntleroy suit. We habe odten seen these suits being called Fauntleroy suits even thought the actual suit styles are those worn by older boys. We note all dofferent styles of sack suits worn with ruffled collares. This was very common in the 1890s and for a few years after the turn-of-the 20th century.
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