Figure 1.--This 1856 image illustrates a variety of outfits for boys. There are several styles of caps included a peaked military-styled caps. We also notice boys weaing pants at lengths well above the ankles.
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Figure 1.--This 1856 image illustrates a variety of outfits for boys. There are several styles of caps included a peaked military-styled caps. We also notice boys weaing pants at lengths well above the ankles. |
The Journal des Marchands Tailleurs is an excellent source of information on French 1850s fashions. We note that boys in the 1850s were still mostly wearing long pants, but some youger boys wore pants that were cut well above the ankles. We also noted boys garments like pantaletts, skirts, jackets, tunics, and suits. Collars are generally small, but there are some lace collars. Boys no longer wear skeleton uits and have not yet begun to wear sailor suits. We can not describe these fashions in great detail as we do not have high definition scans.
All the boys in the boys in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate have headwear. Headwear was an important part of a well-dressed outfit. Headwear was always worn when going out. Most are similarly styled wide brimmed hats, but I do not know what the hat styled would have been called. The peace treaty ending the Crimean War was signed in 1856. The war affected styles as can be seen by the one boy wearing a military tyled cap. One boy wears a military-styled peaked cap.
A boy in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs fashion plate seems to be wearing a stripped dress with pantalettes. As he is wearing a coat, it is not possible to make out much of the dress.
We do not note images of smocks. We are not sure if this means that smocks were not worn or that they were not considered fashionable enough to even bother including in a fashion magazine.
We do not notice any boys wearing tunics in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs fashion plate (figure 1).
Boys wore pantlettes with both dresses and trousers. The 1850s was a transition period. Pantalettes were worn at knee level with dresses and ankrl level with trousers. Boys wore both plain and fancy pantaelettes, although the fancy ones were more comon with girls. The pantalettes depicted with the boys' outfits in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs look rather fancy, especially those worn by the boy in the dress (figure 1).
The Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate show two boys wearing coats. The image is not suffiently detailed to tell mich about he oats, but they look very plain (figure 1).
The Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate show two boys wearing jackets. Boys tended to wear short jackets. One has a highly accenbtuated waist.
Many of the boys outfits in the 1850s are not matching jackets and trousers. This was also true for adult men. The common convention was a solid colored jacket and stripped or checked trousers. The trousers were usually long, but older boys might wear ankle-length trousers--sometimes with pantlettes (figure 1).
Many boys in the 1850s wore long trousers. The long trousers pictured in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate are cut quite tight. One boy wears trousers cut above the ankles with pantalettes (figure 1). None of the boys wear knickers or kneepants.
Little information can be discerened on shirts from the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate. The collars look rather small. One boy appears to be wearing a lace collar (figure 1). The collars look like they may have been enfluenced by Eton styling, although it is difficult to tell from the image.
Bows were to become an important aspects of boys' clothing in the late 19th century. We do not notice any of the boys in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs plate wearing bows or any other type of neckwear.
We do not notice sailor styling clothes in the 1850s. Queen Victoria's eldest child son, the future Edward VII, was dressed in an enlistedman's uniform for a famous Winterhalter portrait, which helped launch the fashion of sailor suits for boys. Apparently the style had not yet spread to France in the 1850s.
Many of the boys in the Journal des Marchands Tailleurs illustraltions have long, but not shoulder-length hair. The adults also have long hair. The boys' hair seems a bit lnger and with out the sideburns some of the been wear (figure 1).
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