American Little Lord Fauntleroy Suit Chronology: The 1890s--Hair Styles
Figure 1.--We note an unamed New Jersey boy wearing a classic velvet Funtleroy suit and fancy blouse ith a floppy bow, probably red. He has well-formed ringlet curls. They are very slender ringlets and there seems to be some curling at his forehead. He looks to be about 5-years old and note that he has really outgrown his suit. Note his ring. The cabinet card is undated, but the mount-style looks like the late-1890s to us. (The very early-1900s is possible.) The studio was W.H. Stauffer in Ausbury Park, New Jersey.
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Most boys had their hair cut short at the time of breeching. So most boys wore Fauntleroy suits with short, standard hair cuts. These boys would not look out of place today wih their hair cuts, although of course their Fauntleroy suits are a very different mater. We notice many other boys, however, with long hair, especially ringlet curls. They are a destinct minority, but we still see quite a number. We see quite a number because so many boys wore Fauntleroy suits and had their portraits taken. We also mote Charles H. Pool, Jr. photographed in 1896. We note an unamed New Jersey boy with better formed curls (figure 1). They are very slender ringlets and there seems to be some curling at his forehead. The cabinet card is undated, but looks like the late-1890s to us. As with the Fauntleroy suit in general, 1890s seems the high point of ringlet curls for boys in America. The age range for boys with ringlet curls seems about the same for the classic Fauntkeroy suit, usually about 2-6 years of age. Although just like the Fauntleroy suits, we see a few older boys. Almost all of the boys with ringlets wear the classic suits. we do not note boys with standard suits and Fauntleroy trim with ringlets.
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