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We do not think that the Fauntleroy Craze was not as pronounced in Scotland as in England, but the styling was similar. Here our smaller Scottish archive may be affecting our assessment. So at this time we are unable to say how prevalent Fauntleroy suits were in Scotland. The Fauntleroy Craze was most popular in the late-19th century, about 1885-1905. We do not yet, however, have many 19th century examples, but we have found a few. We have archived a CDV portrait of an unidentified boy from Alloa. Alloa is a former port town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland on the fringe of the Higlands. It is located on the north bank of the Forth mor or less where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth.near Stirling. The economy once relied heavily on trade between Glasgow and mainland Europe through its port. The boy is wearing a classic Fauntleroy suit, with a cut-away jacket and vest (waistcoat). American boys almost never wore Funtleroy suits with vests. This is because the puropose of the cut-away jacket was to display fancy blouses to best advantage. The portrait was priobably taken about 1890. CDVs began to disappearin America (1870s), but for some reason persisted longer in Britain. He is earing a velvet cut-away jacket suit. As in England, the boy is not wearing a Fauntleroy blouse and ruffled collar. Rather he has a lace collar pinned on to his suit. The lace collar is squarish and not the star-like projections we often see English boys wearing. The bow is almost reduculouly small compred to the bows American boys wore with Fauntleroy outfits. The suit is clearaly velvet, but not black. We do not know what color it was, but we suspect it was blue.
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