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We still see Fauntleroy suits after the turn-of-the- 20th century in the 1900s, but they were declining. It was the end of the Fauntleroy craze. We do not see nearly as many Fauntleroy suits as in the 1890s, but they were not rare. In the early part of the decade we still see classic Fauntleroy suits with the small velvet cut-away jackets and fancy Fauntleroy blouses. We do not see lace collars as commonly, but large ruffled collars were often worn. American Fauntleroy suits were almost always worn with knee pants and long stockings. In Britain, bloomer knickers were more common. Such outfits, however, had fallen considerably in popularity by the end of the decade. At least the classic versions of the Fauntleroy suit were less common. School portraits in particular are a good indicator of popular fashion. We still see boys with Fauntleroy items, but rarely the classic cut-away jacket suits, especially after the early years of th 1900s decade. This is why we date the Fauntleroy craze to 1885-1905. We do continue to see Fauntleroy blouses, especially the less elaborate styles. It is quite common to see some of the younger boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. And many of the older boys wearing Fauntleroy-influence fashions. We gradually begin seeing them being worn by increasingly younger boys as the decade progressed. The photographic record shows a substantial decline in the popularity of the style. We no longer at the end of the decade see Fauntleroy suits very commonly in school portraits. It is difficult to know just why Fauntleroy suits declined in popularity after the early years of the decade. We suspect that one factor was that it was in the 1900s that boys who wore Fauntleroy suits in the 1880s began to become fathers themselves. And they may not have had pleasant memories about how they were dressed. While mothers still were largely responsible for younger boys, we suspect that a number of new fathers intervened to ensure that theur sons would not wear the Fauntleroy suits that they had to wear as boys.
We still see Fauntleroy suits after the turn-of-the- 20th century in the 1900s, but they were declining. It was the end of the Fauntleroy craze. We do not see nearly as many Fauntleroy suits as in the 1890s, but they were not rare, until after mid-century. .
In the early part of the decade we still see classic Fauntleroy suits with the small velvet cut-away jackets and fancy Fauntleroy blouses. We do not see lace collars as commonly, but large ruffled collars were often worn. American Fauntleroy suits were almost always worn with knee pants and long stockings. In Britain, bloomer knickers were more common. While these are theclassic suits. Many boys especially older boys wearing a variety of regular suits weith different Fauntleroy items like reffled collrs and floppy bows. Such outfits, however, had fallen considerably in popularity by the end of the decade. At least the classic versions of the Fauntleroy suit were less common. School portraits in particular are a good indicator of popular fashion. We still see boys with Fauntleroy items, but rarely the classic cut-away jacket suits, especially after the early years of the 1900s decade. This is why we date the Fauntleroy craze to 1885-1905. We do continue to see Fauntleroy blouses, especially the less elaborate styles.
We still see American boys wearing Fauntleroy suits in the 1900s decade, but mostly fewer boys and mostly very young boys. Fauntleroy suits It is quite common to see some of the younger boys wearing Fauntleroy suits. The Fauntleroy Craze is commonly dated to 1885-1905. The 1900s decade was the tail end of the Fauntleroy Craze. And many of the boys wearing Fauntleroy suits were on the younger range of the boys in the 1880s and 90s. We mostly see very young boys wearing the fancy suits and this trend only increased as the decade progressed. Almost all of he examples we have found have been pre-school boys. This of course was also true during the 80s and 90s, but during these decades we also see a number of younger school age boys as well as large numbers of older boys wearing Fauntleroy rim and floppy bows. And many of the older boys wearing Fauntleroy-influence fashions wore standard suits with only Fauntleroy trim or associated items like floppy bows. And in this case the fancy collars and floppy bows were smaller than the main Fauntleroy Craze era. While most of the boys wearing Fauntleroy suits in the 1900s decade were quite young, we note a few older boys still wearing Fauntleroy suits. his is he last decade that we sill see the classic Fauntleroy suits.
Ringlet curls are commonly associated with Fauntlkeroy suits and the Fauntleroy Craze. While some boys did wear Fauntleroy suits wih riglet cirkls, it was a rekatively small mimority that did so and relativelky few did so by the 1900s.
The photographic record shows a substantial decline in the popularity of the style. We no longer at the end of the decade see Fauntleroy suits very commonly in school portraits. We still see Fauntleroy items, but the classic Fauntleroy suits are now rarely seen. It is difficult to know just why Fauntleroy suits declined in popularity after the early years of the decade. We suspect that one factor was that it was in the 1900s that boys who wore Fauntleroy suits in the 1880s began to become fathers themselves. And they may not have had pleasant memories about how they were dressed. While mothers still were largely responsible for younger boys, we suspect that a number of new fathers intervened to ensure that their sons would not wear the Fauntleroy suits that they had to wear as boys.
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