Figure 1.--Sears in 1902 offered many knee-pants sailor suits for boys 3-10 years of age. The styling varies somewhat and their are many different colors. This one was appears to be a blue suit with blue trim.
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Figure 1.--Sears in 1902 offered many knee-pants sailor suits for boys 3-10 years of age. The styling varies somewhat and their are many different colors. This one was appears to be a blue suit with blue trim. |
This Sears crash suit was a better quality than the basic crash suit above (40R130) and had sateen trim. The sateen trim in particular
made this a more expensive sailor suit.
This suit like all the other sailor suits offered by Sears in 1902 were kneepants suits with buttons at the leg hem. There were no short pamts, knicker, or long pants suits.
All of the sailor suits offered by Sears in 1902 were for boys fom 3-10 years. There were no suits for younger or older noys.
These suits all seem to be the ones for summer wear. Note that there are no heavy wool sailor suits that the boys would have worn in winter.
The Sears ad copy read, "Boys' Crash Wash Suit, 50 cents. Made from a good quality of wash crash. Large sailor collar and cuffs made from navy blue saten. White monogram worked in center of shield. Cord and whistle with every suit. This is a splendid value. No. 40R134 Price for boys' suit for boys aged 3 to 10 years ... 50 cents."
The whistle must have pleased the boy. We wonder how many mothers may have confiscated it.
Sailor suits are generally seen as blue and white garments. Sears in 1902 offered many other colors. This one is not specified, but appears to be a blue crash suit with blue trim. Note that each style of suit was only availavle in one color or color combination.
Sears shows many of the boys wearing the illustrated sailor suits with various hair styles. Many wear long hair, but none wear ringlets.
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