Figure 1.--This portrait of Luitpold shows him probably in 1912 just before his mother was killed. He would have been about 11. Notice how the lace collar here crosses over rather than meeting.

There were many different style of lace collars. Not only were the shape of the lace collar different, but also the design of the Lace. Quite a number of outfits show him wearing large lace collars. The two basic kinds were a generally rounded, but scalloped style and another one with a sharply pointed lace collar. There were other variations. Some of the lace collars crossed over rather than meeting. Some of the collars had to be cut to accomodate the collar opening of the jacket which varied somewhat. These do not appear to be blouses, but rather collars pinned on the jackets that he and his brother were wearing. This is sometimes difficult to tell from the photographs, but as best we can tell they are pinned on the jackets and not part of bloises. Notably we never see the boys weating lace trimmed blouses, but also a kind of suit with the lace pinned on the jacket or top. As might be expected, they appear to be made of high-quality fine lace, not a ruffled collar with a little lace trim at he edge. The lace collars were not usually worn tightly done. but rather in a open, compfortable style. On all the lace collars we have observed, there is always mayching wrist trim on the sleeves.

Created: May 10, 2002
Last updated: May 10, 2002