Sailor Suits Styles: Button-up Blouses


Figure 1.-- Many boys had what look to be sailor button-up blouses. Some might refer to them as blouses. jackets. These were not pull over middy blouses, but button up garments. This New York boy wears his button-up sailor blouse in the 1890s. Note the very unsailor hat.

Many boys had what look to be sailor button-up blouses. Some might refer to them as blouses. jackets. These were not pull over middy blouses, but button up garments. We are not sure jacket is the best term because they were not worn with shirts undeneath. Some were bloused and others were not. We are not sure what terms were used at the time for these garments. They were done in many different styles. Some like the American boy here were done with traditional styling (figure 1). Others were done with more imaginative styling. And we note them being worn throughout Europe and North America. A good example is an Austrian/German boy in 1911. They were primarily worn before World War I, but we we still see them occassionally after the War.






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