Figure 1.-- This American boy had his portrait taken in 1892. This was the height of the Fauntleroy era. He wears what looks like a flannel blouse.a rather olain gament. During the Fauntleroy era, mothers often added Fauntleroy touches to plain outfits. Her we see a moderetly sized floppy bow. The studio was Glines in Boston. The studio claimed to have originated the Grayonette which apparently was an air brushed print. This does not seem to have been very common.

The 1890s was during the height of the Fauntleroy era. It uncolved the most elaborate dress for boys in modern history. We see more boys wearing bows than at any other times. Boows were not a required item foir the Fauntleroy style, but thet were common. We see boys with large lace and ruffled collars both with and without bows. We see the floppy bows getting even larger in the 1890s. This apears to be largely a function of the size of the collars which also got larger and larger. Another example is an unidentified American boy in the 1890s. A good example here is an unidentified American boy in the 1890s. We see boys wearing different outfits, but the same collars and bows. A good example is the Harrison boys about 1890. Generally the bows were not as large as the collars, but we note bows that almost cover the front of the collars which could be huge. While floppy bows are mostly associated with Fauntleroy outfits, we also see boys weating Fauntleroiy items like bow with plain suits.

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