 Figure 1.--We found an image for this page, three unidentified children. But then discovered it was a Scottish cabinet card. The studio is Smith of Peterhead. We are now looking for an English replacement. |
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We see a range of Fauntleroy collars worn by English boys. The Fauntleroy suit is aoften associated with lace collars. And this seems to be the case in England. In American where Fauntleroy styling was more common, boys mostly wore the ruffled not lace collars. Lace collars were very common, more common than in America where ruffled collars were the most common. A substantial portion of the images we have found show English boys wearing lace collars, both real lace and cut-out lace.. And these were not standardized collars they were done in a huge variety of shapes and sized. There were also ruffled collars often worn as part of blouses. These were commonly worn woth the classic Fauntleroy cut away velvet jackets. They were not nearly as common as in America. The ruffled collars were normally part of blouses, but there were also pin-on ruffled collars. Thus looks to be the case of the ruffled collars the Paddington boys on the porevious page. Notice te diffeent sizes. The ruffled collars were more unifirm than the lace collars. There were also ruffled collars with lace trim. There were also large plain collars often done as Peter Oan vollars or Eton styling with pounted collars. .
The Fauntleroy suit is often associated with lace collars. This was usually a detachable collar and not part of the blouse. The lace collars came in all kinds of lace and in different sizes and shapes. We see rounded collars as well as in many other shapes such as stars, rays, cascades. clusrers and much more. True lace is hand woven, not mass produced which is why it is so expensive. And why there so many different styles. The cost of course limited its use to the well-to-do. There was one exception--cut-out lace. This actually was not lace, but an inexpensive item that gave somewhat the appearance of lace. Our impression is that lace collars were more common in Britain at least in relative terms. Lace collars were often worm with collar-buttoning jackets rather than a cut-way jacket that was common with Fauntleroy blouses that were often done with large ruffled collars. `
We also see ruffled collars. They could be made much larger for aa fraction of the cost. The younger boys here wear elaborate ruffled collars. We think these were usually part of a blouse. These could be quite large.
Ruffled lace collars were also worn. These were vasically ruffled collars with lace trim.
We also see plain white collars without lace or ruffles. These also could be quite large. We see various designs, including both rounded Peter Pan coolrs and collars with pointed tips.
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