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Luitpold had many knee pants suits, both dark and light-colored. Many, but not all were made in satin. These suits look to be white or cream colored, but there may have been some pastel colors as well. We have noted several different collars, usually with matching wrist trim. As a young boy he had a wide, pleated white collar. More commonly he wore a lace collar with these satin suits. All of the images with these large collars show matcing wrist trim on the sleeves. These do not appear to be blouses, but rather pinned on lace trim. These suits had jackets of varying length. As a younger boy, some of his outfits look more like tunics. He alo wore long jackets as well as button-on style jackets. The light-colored suits were mostly above the knee, kneepants suits. They were worn with both short socks and long stockings. I don't think the choice of hosiery with these suits was a seasonal matter. As he got closer to his teen years he more commonly wore the long stockings. The kneepants were also replaced with knicker-length pants that buckled over the knee. We note that these light-colored suits were normally worn with not open, but very wide collars. The dark satin suits were buttoned to the collar. We also note that the light-colored, but not the dark-colored satin suits, were worn with fancy sashes. This could be because Luitpold only wore dark satin suits as an older boy. The available images of these satin sits show him wearing light-colored ones until he is abut 11 years old.
Luitpold had many styles of light-colored suits with kneepants. These outfits appear to have been the ones most commonly worn, at least for forml portraits. While thy look very similr, there wer in fact many different styles.
Many, but not all were made in satin. Itis sometimes difficult to tell from these photographs, but clearly many of these suits were made in satin, or satin-like material.
A very large proportin of the images show suits that were made in satin. This must have been a popular style in Germany. We notice the Prussian princes at the same time also wearing outfits made in satin or a satin-like material, although not a fancy as the outfits orn by Luitpold and his brother Albrecht. Although satin was not unknown for boys's clothes in other countries, such as England, it wasnot nealy a common. Certainly, the British princes at this were nt wearing satin suits.
We notice a few suits made in other matrial. We are not sure about what material was used. The styling appears to be the same as that of the suits made in satin.
Prince Luitpold wore a variety of different-colored knee pants suits. We notice both dark and light-colored suits. The dark colored suits look black,but we are not positive about this. The light-colored suits look to be white or cream colored. There is no way to be sure, but they certainly look white. There may have been some pastel colors as well. It is, of course, difficult to tell from these black and white photographs. We have not yet been able to find any colored portraits. There may be some as you would think that a royal family would have aortrait painted.
We have noted several different collars, usually with matching wrist trim. As a young boy he had a wide, pleated white collar. More commonly he wore a lace collar with these satin suits. All of the images with these large collars show matcing wrist trim on the sleeves. These do not appear to be blouses, but rather pinned on lace trim. We note that these light-colored suits were normally worn with not open, but very wide collars. The dark satin suits were buttoned to the collar.
We refere to these outfits as suits because the jackets or tops are made out of the same material as the pants.
These suits had jackets of varying length. As a younger boy, some of his outfits look more like tunics. He alo wore long jackets as well as button on style jackets.
The light-colored suits were mostly above the knee, kneepants suits. Interestingly, many of the boys' kneepants did not have the three buttons at the hem. Almost all of the kneepants worn by American boys had the buttons at the hem--usally but not always three buttons. After Luitpold reached about age 10, the kneepants were also replaced with knicker-length pants that buckled over the knee. We also note button on styles.
These suits were worn with both short socks and long stockings. I don't think the choice of hosiery with these suits was a seasonal matter. As he got closer to his teen years he more commonly wore the long stockings.
We also note that the light-colored, but not the dark-colored satin suits, were worn with fancy sashes. This could be because Luitpold only wore dark satin suits as an older boy.
The available images of these light-colored suits show him wearing them at a very early age. One portrait show him wearing matching kneepants with what looks like a tunic. He appears to have very commonly wore these is fron about age 4 until he was about 11 years of age--perhaps even 12 years. This is, however, only an esimate based on the available photographs.
We have little actual information on these suits. We suspect that age was the primnary factor, but wonnder if seasonality may also affected when Luitpold and his brither Albrecht wore them.
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