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We think that light-colored Fauntleroy suits were primarily lighter-weight suits for summer wear. There was of course no air-conditioning in the 19th-century. Thus fabric weight was important, especually because dress was more formal at the time and people commonly dressed formally even during the summer. This included both lighter-weight velvet suits as well as light-weight material for summer wear. We think light-weight/light-colored suits were less common because many boys during the summe wore just their fancy Fauntleroy blouses without a jacket during the summer. We do not seem to notice cheap knockoffs of light-colored Fauntleroy suits. This was fairly common for the darker suits. Budget conscious mothers would just have the boys wear their blouses and not bother with an expensive jacket during the summer.
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