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We note both the classic Fauntleroy cut-away jacket as well as standard jackets worn with Fauntleroy blouses or pin-on collars. The collar, floppy bows, and cuff ruffles or often so large that this difference may not be immeditely apparent. You have to look closely to see that this boy is wearing a standard double-breasted jacket and not s classic cut-away jacket because he is wearing his jacket open (figure 1). American boys for the most part began school at about age 6 years. A few boys wore Fauntleroy suits or at least the blouses to school, but usually only a few in each class. Upon beginning school, boys were exposed to ideas and opinions outside the home in a major way for the first time. And comments about their clothes as well as seeing how the other boys dressed, signicantly affected how boys saw themselves and their clothes. Boys this age were not nearly as concerned with clothes as girls, but they did care if something they were wearing attracted attention, especially negative attention from the other. Mother was still the dominant influence in their lives, but as the school year progressed, boys began to begin to think a little more for themselves. And while this process my not change attitudes immediately, would over time. That said it is notable how few boys wore Fauntleroy suits to school, even in the middle of the Fauntleroy craze. .
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