Figure 1.--This little boy from Emmetsburg, Iowa wears a sailor-style kilt suit. This is a blouse and kilt suit. Even though it was a sailor kilt suit, it was done in plaid. Partly because of the mount type (perforated edges with smooth corners, we think the portrait was taken about 1890. The studio was Reed. Put your cursor on the image for an enlargement.

We note some boys wearing blouses with kilts and skirt/kilts. This is a little complicated. There seems to have been two approaches with blouses. One is a kilt suit in which the blouse matched or was corrdinated with the kilt. Some boys seem to have worn dark-colored blouses of a havy material that seems to have been similar to to the material of the kilt skirt. We are not entirely sure what was worn under these heavier blouse. They were not worn with the fancy-collared blouses. These heavier blouses were worn instead of suit jackets. Some were done as sailor middy blouses. The other approach was a regular blouse worn with a kilt-suit. This was not a kilt suit. In fact in may have been a summer approch in whih the boy did not wear his heavy kilt suit jacket. While large-collar blouses were not worn with them, we do note fancy pin-on collars like lace collrs. A good exammole is Fred Wulf, we think in the 1880s. The second type of blouse worn with kilt-skirts were the white or light-colored blouses worn during the summer. These blouses might be worn with a kilt suit jacket, but the jacket might not be worn during warm summer weather.

Blouse Kilt Suits

One is a kilt suit in which the blouse matched or was corrdinated with the kilt. Some boys seem to have worn dark-colored blouses of a havy material that seems to have been similar to to the material of the kilt skirt. We are not entirely sure what was worn under these heavier blouse. They were not worn with the fancy-collared blouses. These heavier blouses were worn instead of suit jackets. Some were done as sailor middy blouses.

Blouse and Kilt-Skirt

The other approach was a regular blouse worn with a kilt-suit. This was not a kilt suit. In fact in may have been a summer approch in whih the boy did not wear his heavy kilt suit jacket. While large-collar blouses were not worn with them, we do note fancy pin-on collars like lace collrs. A good exammole is Fred Wulf, we think in the 1880s. The second type of blouse worn with kilt-skirts were the white or light-colored blouses worn during the summer. These blouses might be worn with a kilt suit jacket, but the jacket might not be worn during warm summer weather.

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