Figure 1.--Here we see a European boy wearing a fancy open-collar blouse, probably in the 1910s. The blouse is similar to thoose worn by Bavarian and Belgian royalty. |
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Most of the blouses boys wore were closed-collar blouses. They buttoned at the collar and were sometimes, but not always worn with neckwear. We notice two periods when open-collar blouses were popular. The first was in the early-19th century. The second was duruing the early-20th century. These were fancy blouses in both instances. As they were open-beck vlouses they were made to be worn without neckwear. These seem to have been mostly white blouses. These do not seem to have been major fashion stryles. Rather they were worn by a small minority of boys from affluent families. We have only limited information on the early-19th century. We do note them being worn with skeleton suits. We know much more about the early-20th century. We see boys from aristocratic families wearing these blouses. They might also have been worn at special events like formal weddings, but again this involved only a small number of boys. Large-collar blouses that buttoned were much more common.
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