Figure 1.--This English boy wears a pin-on detachable lace collar. His name was Claude Bolton Wylde. He was photographed in Liverpool during September 1887. He looks to be about 6 years old. Clauder wears a rather plain blouse, but the lace collar seems rather elaborate. |
HBC is unsure has to how widely worn lace collars were in England. Fancy velvet suits were worn by boys in the 1870s, perhaps earlier. It is known that the Fauntleroy craze swept England in the 1880s and 1890, making the fashion more popular than ever. HBC is unsure, however, as to how many of the boys dressed in Fauntleroy suits actually had lace collars. There were some diifferences in style among American and English Fauntleroy suits. English boys wore Fauntleroy blouses with attached collars as well as detachable lace collars. We do not yet know if there were significan differences between the lace collars worn in American and England. We have just begun to acquire a few English images. The collars seem rather similar to American lace collars, but we have just begun tp assess English lace collars.
This English boy wears a pin-on detachable lace collar. His name was Claude Bolton Wylde. He looks to be about 6 years old. He was photographed in Liverpool during September 1887. He wears a rather plain blouse, but the lace collar seems rather elaborate. It is one of the more elaborate such collars that we have noted,. Even so the jacket is worn open si the blouse can be seen. Note that the jacket is only buttoned at the collar. The large number of buttons weere decorative. Note that there are buttons on both sides, rather than button holes on one side. I'm not sure what color the suit was, but it may have been black.
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