Figure 1.--This Anerican boy photographed in 1890 had carefully cut bangs with a short hair cut. He does not wear a dickey with his sailor suit. For a full view of his sailor suit and information on instrumental music lessons, click on the image.

Bangs: Chronology--The 1890s

HBC has noted both American and French boys wearing bangs in the 1890s, but they were probably worn in other countries as well. American boys mostly wore bangs with their hair cut short off their ears. Boys wearing long Fauntleroy curls, however, often wore front front bangs. French images from the 1890s show bangs with long hair covering the ears were worn by school-age boys. Ringlets were never very popular in France. Younger French boys still might wear long hair. The bangs cut appears to have been considered appropriate for boys up to about 11 or 12 years of age, perhaps even 13 years of age. Such boys, however, may have been home schooled. HBC is unclear, however, just how common bangs were in France. Available images and fashion magazines do not indicate that it was a major style. The sailor suit was a popular outfit to be worn with bangs in both America and France. There are hundreds of boys archived on HBC wearing bangs in the 1890s. We note Percy Brown in America during 1891. A good example is a Canadian boy mamed McMasters.









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