Figure 1.-This cabinet card portrait of a posing with a Schnauzer was taken in Rochester, New York at the Bacon studio, probably in the late 1890s. The boy wears a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit. He wears the sacucer type sailor cap with his suit. |
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Sailor caps seem to have been especially popular common headwear with Fauntleroy suits. We see quite a few boys wearing sailor headwear with Fauntleroy suits. We note one boy wearing the saucer style of sailor cap. They were common because they were based on the naval uniform style actually worn by American enlisted sailors at the time. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). We also notice boys wearing soft sailor caps. Both were widely worn by boys at the time. These were the two main sailor caps at the time. There also were admiral or commdore caps, but these were much less common than the saucer and soft styles. Unlike the saucer-style caps, the soft caps boys wore Fauntleroy suits were not an American naval uniform style. These sailor caps were not a dedicated Fauntleroy cap. They were obviously also worn with with sailor suits as well as outfits like Buster Brown suits. A wide range of headwear were worn with Fauntleroy suits. These were two popular styles, but there was no one dominant Faunleroy headwear style. we see virtually every conceiveable style of headwear worn with Fauntleroy suits. They would have been seen as a little more informal than the wide-brimmed sailor hat. These caps were probably more common for somewhat older boys. And wide-brimmed hats more common with the younger boys. It is mostly the dark caps we note being worn with Fauntleroy suits. This is probably because the suits were mostly dark colors. I am not entirely sure why sailor styles were so common with Fauntleroy suits. We believe this primarily reflects the enormous popularity of the sailor style. These caps came with both streamers and chin straps, but we usually do not see them, especially the chine straps, in available studio portraits.
Sailor caps seem to have been especially popular common headwear with Fauntleroy suits. We see quite a few boys wearing sailor headwear with Fauntleroy suits in the photographic record. We are not entirely sure why sailor styles were so common with Fauntleroy suits. We believe this primarily reflects the enormous popularity of the sailor style.
There were two principal styles of sailor caps worn with Fauntleroy suits. We note one boy wearing the saucer style of sailor cap. They were common because they were based on the naval uniform style actually worn by American enlisted sailors at the time. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). We also notice boys wearing soft sailor caps. The saucer-style caps were fairly standard. The softcaps were more varied. Both were widely worn by boys at the time. These were the two main sailor caps at the time. There also were admiral or commdore caps, but these were much less common than the saucer and soft styles. Unlike the saucer-style caps, the soft caps boys wore Fauntleroy suits were not an American naval uniform style. After the saucer caps, American sailors began wearing swabbie caps, but this as the Fauntleroy suit was going out of style. The swabie caps were a rare cap style we have never seen being worn with Fauntleroy suits.
These sailor caps were not a dedicated Fauntleroy cap. They were obviously also worn with with sailor suits as well as outfits like kilt suits and Buster Brown suits. A wide range of headwear were worn with Fauntleroy suits. These were two popular styles, but there was no one dominant Faunleroy headwear style. we see virtually every conceiveable style of headwear worn with Fauntleroy suits. The sailor styles were popular enough that they seem to have become associated with sailor suits.
The sailor caps may have been seen as a little more informal than the wide-brimmed sailor hat.
These caps were probably more common for somewhat older boys. And wide-brimmed hats more common with the younger boys.
It is mostly the dark caps we note being worn with Fauntleroy suits. They would have been navy blue. Some may have been black. The dark colors were the most common bcause most Fauntleroy suits were black or other dark colors. we do see light-colored caps, presunably white, but they were not very common.
These caps came with both streamers and chin straps, but we usually do not see them, especially the chine straps, in available studio portraits. Many also had tallies--cap bands with ship names on them. Sailors wore tallies with their ship names.
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