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The sailor suit developed as a major syle for boys in the late-19th century. It developed first in Britain and then spread to America. British styles were very influential in America, but sailor suits and caps became a standard for children throughout the Western world. There was sailor headwear worn with the suits. We note a variety of sailor-style headwear. There were both sailor caps and sailor hats. The hats were popular in the 19th century, but we mostly see caps in the 20th century. The most common headwear for younger boys in the late-19th century was the wide-brimmed sailor hat. While the wide-brimmed sailor hat may have originated in England and appeared later in America, it was very popular in the 1880s-1900s.
There was sailor headwear worn with the suits. The most common headwear for younger boys in the late-19th century was the wide-brimmed sailor hat, but sailor caps soon became more popular. There was sailor headwear worn with the suits. The most common headwear for younger boys in the late-19th century was the wide-brimmed sailor hat. While the wide-brimmed sailor hat may have originated in England and appeared later in America, it was very popular in the 1880s-1900s. We notice many American boys wearing sailor hats. It was a hat style specifically for children. Both boys and girls wore them. No other hat style was especially common for younger boys. There were many cap styles specifically for boys, but hat styles wee somewhay less common. Several hat styles were worn over time, but the most common was a wide-brimmed style mostly worn by younger boys. There were variations in styles of these sailor hats, both the brim and the crown. Some of the brims were very large. For some reason the younger boys seem to have had the hats with the largest brims. They were commonly made with chin straps and streamers. They were often worn with sailor suits, but were also worn with many other juvenile styles.
The most common headwear for younger boys in the late-19th century was the wide-brimmed sailor hat, but sailor caps soon became more popular. There were several different styles, primarily following the uniform caps worn by the U.S. Navy. Unfortunately we are not entirely sure about the proper name for these caps. Sailor caps were widely worn by boys and to some extent girls in the late-19th and early-20th century. Sailor caps were mostly done in blue or white. They were of coure worn with sailor suits. They were, however, also worn with many different garments. We note Harold Howes in 1905 wearing a sailor cap with a tunic suit. Boys might wear sailor suits with out the caps. The proper sailor caps were rather a formal style, often not worn casually. An exception was the swabie cap worn beginning in the 1920s.
We also see American boys wearing sailor suits with beret/tam like headwear. We note headwear with a crest. We are not entirely sure about these garments. We think they are berets. We also seem tams that look more like the basic beret. The basic beret would be non-sailor headwear, but these berets with the crests on them would be a type of sailor headwear. Not a style worn by rel soldiers to be sure, but a dedicted style meant to be woen with boys' sailor suits.
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