Figure 1.--This CDV portrait was taken in Dresen during 1883. The boy wears a single-breasted knee pants suit. Notice the small, high set lapel. Also note his sister's suit-like dress. |
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German boys in the 1880s wore a variety of different suits. There was still quite a variety of styles, but more uniformity than in the 1870s. We notice boys wearing both single and double breasted suits. Cut-away jackets declined sharply in popularity. Sack suit jackets tended to have high set, small lapels. We also notice collar-buttoning suits without lapels. There were also different kinds of pants, including long pants, bloomer knickers, and knee pants. Long pants tended to be the dominant style for boys, but we see more younger school age boys beginning to wear knee pants. We also see girls with dresses styled like suits. The Little Lord Fauntleroy suit appeared during the 1880s, but was not nearly as popular in Germany as in America. We note German brothers in the 1880s wearing matching velvet suits.
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