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Nothing illusdtrated how Fauntleroy headwaers was enornously varied than the peaked caps sonm boys wore. We see two types of peaked caps being worn with Fautleroy suits. One tyoe was a peeaked military cap, the other was what we now know as a British school cap. The primary peaked military cap was what we believed was maeant to be a sailor cao. We might toiday capm ot an admiral's cap. It oays a passing resembkancve to a German school cap. We do not know what it swa called at the time. We do not notice American boys searing these caps until ther Fauntleroy craze began. There was another militay peaked cap style. It was the Civil War kepi, but we do no see many. We do see a few. The English-style peaked cap is not a style we normally associate with fancy Fauntleroy suits. This in in part because so many different hats and caps were worn with Fauntleroy duits. The peaked cap in Britin was a school style, Ameriuca ir became a style worn by boys from affluent homes wore when dressing up. Although this wa not a convedntion yghat was yey estanlihed ijn gthe 19gth centuru. We note, hiwever quite a few boys wearing these caps with Fauntleroy suits. This seems to have been most common in the 1880s and 90s. This is when we first see the caps in America. They appeared earlier in Britain. This the conventions for wearing them were not yet very firm. We see boys of a wide age range wearing these caps, wider than the better known wide-brimmed sailor hat and sailor caps. We are not entirely sure why these caps were chosen. They seem somewhat odd to our modern eye, mixing a rather plain style with the fussy Fauntleroy suits, perhaps the greatest extent of sartorial overkill for boys.
Nothing illustrated how Fauntleroy headwaers was enornously varied than the peaked caps some boys wore. One of the two types of peaked caps being worn with Fautleroy suits was the peaaked military caps. The primary peaked military cap style was what we believed was meant to be a kind of sailor cap. We are not sure about that. Prthaps readers will have some insight. We might today call it an admiral's cap. It also pays a passing resemblance to German school caps. We do not know what these caps were called at the time. We do not notice American boys searing these caps until the Fauntleroy Craze began nor do we see them to any extent after the Fauntleroy Craze. There was another militay peaked cap style. It was the Civil War kepi, but we do not see many. We do see a few. he Kepi was an imprtant style after the Civil War, but bwas cecling nin popularity by the advent of the Fauntleroy era (1885). nf the war image did not particularly appeal to mothers selecting Fauntleroy outfits.
The English-style peaked cap is not a style we normally associate with fancy Fauntleroy suits. This in in part because so many different hats and caps were worn with Fauntleroy duits. The peaked cap in Britin was a school style. On originatd in schools and was mostly worn for school. It became part of private school unifornm and was worn by maby boys in state schools that did not have uniforms. We see boys wearing them casually at the turn of the 20th century, but they were not genrally worn with Fauntleroy suits in England.
The history of the cap in America was different. It was a style inherited from Britain and had not association with schools. We see boys wearing them in the the 1890. EWe are not yey sure about the 1880s. They were worn, both for formal and casual wear. This incuded boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. There was not at first a social class connotation, but this began to devedlop in the 1910s. We see America it became a style worn by boys from affluent homes wore when dressing up. Although this wa not a convention that was yet established in the 19th century. We note, however quite a few boys wearing these caps with Fauntleroy suits. This seems to have been fairly common in the Fauntleroy era (1885-1905). The boys here are a good example (figure 1). This is when we first see the caps in America. The percentage was small, but this is because so many different stykes of headwear was worn with Fauntleroy suits. The conventions for wearing them were not yet established. We see boys of a wide age range wearing these caps, wider than the better known wide-brimmed sailor hat and sailor caps. And we note them being worn for both casual activities and dressing up. This included Fauntleroy outfits. We are not entirely sure why mother chose these caps. They seem rather understated for Fauntleroy outfits. They seem somewhat odd to our modern eye, mixing a rather plain style with the fussy Fauntleroy suits, perhaps the greatest extent of sartorial overkill ever devised for boys. Most of these caps were very plain. We notice a few that were done with some sporty touches. A good example of a rather sporty peaked cap is the one Sedrick Pasabumn(?) is wearing with his Fauntleroy suit anout 1900. The example we have found seem to match the suit. They do not seem to be done in velvet, but some may have been.
After the Fauntleroy era in the 1900s decade we see boys contuinuoing to wearing these caps for casual activitiesm but by the 1910s they were being more cmmonly worn with suits, both junior Eton suits and standard sack suits. And clear social class differences developed.
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