Figure 1.-This cabinet card portrait of a posing with a Schnauzer was taken in Rochester, New York at the Bacon studio, probably in the late 1890s. The boy wears a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit. He wears the sacucer type sailor cap with his suit. |
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Many styles of head gear were worn with the Fauntleroy suit depending on the mother's fashion sence. We in fact note quite a range of headwear styles in the photographic record. Probably the wide-brimmed sailor hat is most associated with the Fauntleroy suit. There were, however many oher cap styles worn with the Fauntleroy suit. This includes headwear styles not often associated with Fauntleroy suits, including many cap styles. There seems to have been more different headwear styles worn in America than Europe. but this could simply be a reflection of our greater archive of American images. We note some familiar styles as well as styles that we are unsure about the proper term. Sailor caps seem to have been especially common headwear with Fauntleroy suits. The boy here wears the saucer style of sailor cap based on the style actually worn by sailors at the time. We also notice boys wearing soft sailor caps. In addition to sailor caps we note peaked caps, pill-box type caps, tams, and many others.
The fez was not a major cap style in America, especially for boys. It was more of an indoor cap style worn by well-to-do men worn in their studies with smoking jackets. We do, however, see a few boys wearing them, often with Fauntleroy suits.
The English-style peaked cap is not a style we normally associate with fancy Fauntleroy suits. The oeaked cap is seen more as a school style or worn with a standard sack suit. We note, hiwever quite a few boys wearing these caps sith 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 arather plain style with the fussy Fauntleroy suits, perhaps the greatest extent of sartorial overkill for boys.
Sailor caps seem to have been especially common headwear with Fauntleroy suits. The boy here wears the saucer style of sailor cap based on the style actually worn by sailors at the time. We also notice boys wearing soft sailor caps. These were the two main sailor caps at the time. They would have been seen as a little more informal than the wide-brimmed sailor hat. These caps were probably mor common for somewhat older boys. It is mostly te daek caps we note being worn with Fauntleroy suits. I am not entirely sure whu sailor styles were so common with Fauntleroy suits. I supose this primarily reflects the population of th sailor style.
We see some portraits of boys wearing tams with Fauntkeroy suits. The tams varied in color. Commonly they were chosen to match the color of the suit. We notice varuoys sizes, some quite large. They came with and without tassles. Most seem to have been worn in the 1880s and 90s. Generally they were worn with younger children. This was not one of the most common headwear styles, but we do not several boys wearing tams. I believe it was astyle also orn by girls, but the tassle was usually worn just by boys.
We see quite a few boys wearing yachting captain's caps. This is not a style normally associated with Fauntleroy suits, but it was one of maby styles worn with them. This was usually worn with short hair styles, but we even note boys wearing these caps with ringlet curls. A good example is an unidentified Wilmington, Deleware boy.
In addition to sailor caps we note many other caps being worn with Fauntleroy suits. Many seem rather incongrous pairings, but apprently not in the contemporary eye. We note peaked caps, pill-box type caps, tams, and many others.
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