** German boys garments : kilts styles








German Boys Garments: Kilts and Kilt Suits--Styles


Figure 1.--This German boy was photographed by F. Brandseph in Stuttgart, Germany. The CDV portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the 1860s or early 70s. The boy looks to be about 4-5 years old. Ringlet curls were not very common in Germany. A German reader writes, "Yes, that are ringlets. This is a rare example of German ringlets. The photographer Brandseph was a prominent Stuttgart photographer. Note the sword. American boys on hobby horses were never pictured with swords.

We have not noted German boys wearing Highland kilt outfits. We have noted boys wearing kilt suit outfits in various styles. Here our assessment is limited because whae found so few German portraits of boys wearing kilts. We have not yet founds German boys wearing stabdard (sacl=k suit) jackets with kilt skirts, a style very common in America. Nor have we found German boys wearing Fauntleroy kilts, but the Fauntleroy style was also less common than in America. We note a few kilt suits with various styles of jackets. We also notice sailor styles. The kilt skits xwe have noted in the photographic record seem more like standard skirts without any klit features.







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Created: 3:07 AM 7/29/2007
Last updated: 2:49 PM 7/31/2007