Jackie Coogan: Clothes


Figure 1.-- He also wore several different sailor suit outfit through about age 10-11 years old. He had both casual and dressy sailor suits. Here he wears a casual self-belted short pants sailor suit, also meaning button-on. This could be worn for both smart casul wear and play. He almost always wore socks. Ankle socks as he is wearing here were not all that common in the 1920s. We do not see him wearing long stockings which were beginning to be seen as old-fashioned.

Jackie of course wore all kinds of costumes for his many films. Hus regular clothes are also interesting, providing examples of 1920s styles for boys fromwell-to-do famlies. And of course Jackie's success made the family well to do. was also dressed in much fancier clothes than normally worn by American boys. Jackie was the family's pay check and they had no desire for hom to grow up. Mrs. Coogan made sure he got very little money. Like his hair styles, he continued wearing very juvenile clothes past the age that this was common in America. We see him wearing short pants outfits when knickers were more common for school-age boys, especially past the 1st and 2nd grade. Jackie of cource did not go to school, he was tutored until age 10 years. There were even outfits with Fauntleroy touches as shown in the previous page. He also wore several different sailor suit outfit through about age 12-13 years old, at least in his films. We are less sure about his actual clthing. . He had both casual and dressy sailor suits. Here he wears a casual self-belted short pants sailor suit, also meaning button-on (figure 1). This could be worn for both smart casual wear and play. He almost always wore socks. Ankle socks as he is wearing here were not all that common in the 1920s. We do not eee him wearing long stockings which were beginning to be seen as old-fashioned. He looks to be about 8-9 years old, meaning about 1923. After his bangs were cut (1927). he began wearing standard suits and knickers. On the previous page we see him with his bangs cut and wearing a very sporty knickers outfit at about age 14 years.








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