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We only have a few 19th century images and these are mostly from the 1890s. We note both traditional and non-traditional styles. We know that the European naval arms race began in ernest in the 1890s, but as Belgium was not a naval power, this may not have been a factor influencing the popularity of the fashion. Belgium boys fashions were probably largely determened by the larger countries surrounding it--England, France, and Germany. Belgian and French boys wore their sailor suits by the late-19th century both socks rather than long stockings. This is something you do not see in America. In Belgium long stockings were also worn. The choice seems to havedeoended on sesonality and formality. We notice both traditional 'V-collar' stylying and non-traditiuonal styles including collar buttoning styles. The image on the previous page shows a traditionally style suit, meaning the srandard 'V' collar and stripes, although the three stripe detailing was not yet set in stone. Here we see a collar buttoning variant that was popular in the late-1890s and early-1900s (figure 1).
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