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There are two types of Fauntleroy collars attached and pin-on collars. There were also detachable collars, but these were rarely Fauntleroy collars. The detracgable collars were mostltly Eton collars, but also Peter Pan collars and all kinds of inter-mediate shapes. Unlike the attached collarscamme already attachd to the blouses that children wore, these collars were as the term indicates, detachable. This was very utilitarian because the collar was what gets the dirtiest quickest. And at a time when laundry was real drugery, all the boy has to do was to change his collar. Attached collars represented the vast majority of Fauntleroy collars that boys wore. Abd unlike the common perception, they were not lace collars, they were lmost all ruffled collars often done in linen. Some were very plain others were extrodinarily large, ruffled and scalloped, perhaps with a little lace trim. Often theu had a back flap like a sailor collar. There were lace collars, but these were pin-on collars. They were much less coomon, primarily because lace was expesive which could be quite costly because mothers wanted Fauntleroy collars to be large.
The classic Fauntleroy suit of the mid-1880s was worn with a cut-away jacket showing off a blouse that had lace or ruffled collars--commonly very large collars and front ruffels. Some of these blouses had huge collars. The classic jacket was a sall velvet cut-away jacket. This mean that the fancy blouse could be seen to full affect. The collar and blouse were a very important part of the Fauntleroy style. The Fauntleroy blouse that the boy here wears is a good example of this (figure 1). Note that you can see most of the jacket. On many Fauntleroy outfits the jacket was smaller. Sometimes you could almost not see the jacket, It is not always easy to tell if the collar and cuffs are actually part of the blouse or not. Because the Fauntleroy suit was especially popular in America, the Fauntleroy blouse was also an especially popular American style. We also see boys wearing Fauntleroy blouses without a jacket or with a light-weight jacket. This was especially common during the summer.
There are two types of Fauntleroy collars, attached, detachable. There are also pin-on collars which are not exactly a collar, but a lasid on decoration. The attached collars came already attachd to the blouses that children wore. This represented the vast majority of Fauntleroy collars that boys wore. And unlike the common perception, they were not lace collars, but they were almost all ruffled collars often done in linen. Some were very plain others were etroidinarily large, ruffled and scalloped, perhaps with a little lace trim. Often theu had a back flap like a sailor collar. There were lace collars, but these were were pin-on collars. They were less common, primarily because lace was expesive which could be quite costly because mothers wanted Fauntleroy collars to be large. The detachable collars were thus the rarest of the Fauntleroy collars. They were collars like Eton and Peter Pan styles as well as many intermediate styles. We do not see many of these with many Fauntleroy suits. There ere nore with English suits, but they were realively are in America. They wer much more common wwith older boys, especually boys wearing Eton and similar collars. These detrascjhable ollars appeared in the mid-19th century, largely because laundrey was such a drugery.
Many pin-on collars were lace collars. There were also pin-on ruffled collars. We beliece that they were less common. Lace collars seem most common in the 1880s and early 90s. We see fewer lace collars by the late 1890s. Some boys wore pin-on lace collars rather than a fancy blouse. Often there wee matching sleeve cuffs. This was often the case for actual lace collars. Real lace was quite expensives. Thus it was oftten no used as blouse collars. Or if it was used, it was only as trim. Pin-on collars were commonly worn worn with collar-buttoning jackets. Fauntleroy blouses or trim items like collars and cuffs were not always worn with actual Fauntleroy suits. Rather they might be worn with regular sack suits, giving the impression of a Fauntleroy suit.
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