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The popularity of Fauntleroy suits and flat caps overlapped. We are not yet entirely sure about the chronology of the flat cap. Some estimates date it back centuries. We do not see American boys wearing them until the late-19th century, but they only become a major style at the tun-of-the 20th century. This was just as the Fauntleroy suit was declining in popularity. We see both fashionable caps in the late-19th century before flat caps became standard for boys. Notice the jaunty flat cap here withba loud pattern, probably in the 1890s. The flat cap was notvvery common in the 1880s and 90s. Nor was it seen as an important style of boys headwear. After the turn-of-the 20th century we no longer see such loud patterns, except perhaps with gilfers. We do see boys wearing flat caps done in patterns, but not loud patterns like this. We see a few examples of boys wearing flat caps with Fauntleroy suits in the early-20th century. It was at this time the flat cap was becoming more popular. And the flat caps we see are not the jaunty caps the boys wore earlier, but the more standard caps that were becoming popular at the time. The flat cap of course became a major style for boys in the early-20th century.
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