Hair Bows Worn by American Boys: Regional Trends


Figure 1.--The boy in the portrait here was from Grand Forks, North Dakota, one of the most rural states in the country. His hair is done i loose ringlets. He looks to be about 5-6 years of age an wears a kneepants suit fdone with both Norfolk and sailor styling. Image courtesy of the RG cllection.

We have not yet been able to determine any regional trend in the United States. We have noted boys wrearing hairbows throughout the United States. We have noted fewer images from the South, but this mat be a reflection of the overall smaller number of images we have noted from the Derep South states. Our archive is just too limited though to make any firm conclussions. We had though that the impages of boys wearing hir bows would be primaily from th large northeastern cities that were the most important fashion centers. We have noted, however, many boys from Western and Mid-Western states, often states without major cities. As far as we can tell this was a fashion that occurred throughout the United States. The boy in the portrait here was from North Dakota, one of the most rural states in the country.








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