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Fauntleroy collars were commonly lace or ruffle collars. In many cases they were mixedlace and ruffles. Often ruffled collars with lace trim mixed in. . Often cut-out lace was used because it was much less expensive than real lace and thus more suitable for boys'wear. A destinguishing feature was commonly the size. Fauntleroy collars could be very large. Often the smaller th boy, he larger the collar, at least in relative terms. The collar that the boy is wearing here looks large to our modern sensibilities, but was modest in Fauntleroy terms. We see these collars most commonly during the Fauntleroy era (1885-1905). They were commonly worn with velvet cut-away jackets--the basic Fauntleroy jacket., but we see them with regular suits as well, even sailor suits with the lace and ruffled adjusted for the V-foint. . Most American Fautleroy collars were part of fancy blouses. There were some pin on Fauntlrtoy collars, but we see many more pin-on collars. in England and fancier pin on collars. We even see accompamying front lavr plackts. In America these were only dome as part of Fauntlrroy blouses.
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