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We have not noted German boys wearing Highland kilt outfits. We have noted boys wearing kilt suit outfits in various styles. Many of the images are undated. The images that we have found seem to date about 1870s-1900s. This is about the same cronological range as we have noted in the United States and Britain. The fashion inspiration must have been Britain. I'm not sure if the royal family had an important role here. (Kaiser Wilhem's mother was English, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.) Based on the photographic record, the style was much less common than in America and Britain. The sailor kilts appeared to be especially popular. I think this may have been because it was not preceived as so obviously British as the standard kilt suit. We are unsure what age boys wore these kilt suits in Germany. The boy pictured here is quite young, about 3 years old. We are unsure to what age these outfits worn. Boys in American and Britain commonly wore them to about 6 years of age.
I am not sure what these garments were called in German. I am not sure if these garments were called kilts or skirts. I don't think there is a German word for kilt. I think they just used the English term.
We have not noted German boys wearing Highland kilt outfits. We have noted boys wearing kilt suit outfits in various styles. Here our assessment is limited because whae found so few German portraits of boys wearing kilts. We have not yet founds German boys wearing stabdard (sacl=k suit) jackets with kilt skirts, a style very common in America. Nor have we found German boys wearing Fauntleroy kilts, but the Fauntleroy style was also less common than in America. We note a few kilt suits with various styles of jackets. We also notice sailor styles. The kilt skits xwe have noted in the photographic record seem more like standard skirts without any klit features.
Many of the images are undated. The images that we have found seem to date about 1870s-1900s. Here we have to estimate as the photographs are not dated. This is about the same cronological range as we have noted in the United States and Britain.
The fashion inspiration must have been Britain. I'm not sure if the royal family had an important role here. (Kaiser Wilhem's mother was English, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.)
Based on the photographic record, the style was much less common than in America and Britain. The sailor kilts appeared to be especially popular. I think this may have been because it was not preceived as so obviously British as the standard kilt suit.
We are unsure what age boys wore these kilt suits in Germany. The boy pictured here is quite young, about 3 years old. We are unsure to what age these outfits worn. Boys in American and Britain commonly wore them to about 6 years of age.
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