Canadian Mail Order Catalogs and Advertisements with Boys Clothings: 1902


Figure 1.--We have some information about boys' suits in 1902. We notice suits for boys of various ages illustrated in a fashion magazine. Unfortunately we do not have the text of the article. It was A French Canadian fashion magazine, but we do not know the title. I'm not sure the age for the yonger boy's suit bit the other two were for boys 10-15 years of age and 18-24 years. The article was entitled "La mode illustree". The title of the article suggests that these stles may have a French influence.

We have some information about boys' suits in 1902. We notice suits for boys of various ages illustrated in a fashion magazine. Unfortunately we do not have the text of the article. It was A French Canadian fashion magazine, but we do not know the title. We notive an interesting advertisement from Eatons' Spring and Summer catalog for 1902, p. 93. These are all knee-pants suits sold for "youths"--that is, boys in the upper teen years from about 15 5o 20 years of age. The ad uses the term short pants although the garments look more like kneepants.

Headwear

Boys wore quite a range of caps and hats. The Eaton's ad here show several styles that were available, but not actually offered with the outfits shown. We notice sailor caps, flat caps, boates, and some styles for which we do not know th name.

Dresses

Notice that there are no dresses offered here in the outfits for younger boys. There are skirted outfits, but all are two-piece blouse and kilt/skirt outfits rather than one-piece dresses. We do noy know, however, if boy dresses were offered other elsewhere in the catalog.

Kilt Outfits

Kilt outfits appear to have been still been worn in 1902. We notice Highland kilt costumes and more commonly kilt suit outfits normally for younger boys.

Blouses

We note quite a range of blouses made for boys. By blouses it was meant shirts for boys that did not have tails and were not tucked into the waistband. Eatons mentions "washing blouses", meaning blouses that could be laundered and did not require special cleaning.

Shirts

These clothes for younger boys offered pimarily blouses rather than shirts. We note some shirt waists also offered. These would be worn with a detachble collar.

Tunic Suits

Younger Canadian boys like American boys were wearing tunic suits of various styles in at the turn of the 20th century. They were worn with long stockings.

Sailor Suits

Sailor suit were a popular outfit for boys in 1902. We see a sailor suit shown in the same fashion magazine article in which the suits show here appeared. The title of the article suggests there may have been a French incluence. The suit shown is a kneepants outfit with a wide-brimmed hat.

Suits

We have some information about boys' suits in 1902. We notice suits for boys of various ages illustrated in a fashion magazine. Unfortunately we do not have the text of the article. It was A French Canadian fashion magazine, but we do not know the title. We notive an interesting advertisement from Eatons' Spring and Summer catalog for 1902.

Boys' washing suits, blouse and short pants

We notive an interesting advertisement from Eatons' Spring and Summer catalog for 1902, p. 93. These are all knee-pants suits sold for "youths"-- that is, boys in the upper teen years from about 15 5o 20 years of age. The ad uses the term short pants although the garments look more like kneepants.

Coats


Pants

Canadian boys in 1901 appearto have mostly worn kneepants. Eatons sometimes refers to them as short pants without any destinction in meaning. They came in a wide range of materials and sizes. The illustration here shows younger boys. Kneepants were made, however, in sizes for much older boys.

Support Garments

We have some information on support garments from the Eaton's catalog. Here are two ads for hose supporters from the Eaton's 1901-02 Fall and Winter catalog.

Hosiery

The Eaton's ad shown here strongly suggest that boys mostly wore long stockings. Here even the blouse outfits that look like summer wear are shown being worn with long stockings. Only the kilt outfits are shown with socks.

Long Stockings

The long stockings depicted here all seem to be black or very dark colored.






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