Figure 1.--This American boy were photographed about 1905. He wears a relatively short hair style. This boy looks like his hair has been curled, but it is not long enough to form ringlets. Click on the image to see the suit he and his older brother were wearing. Image courtesy of Anna O'Bryant |
American boys wore Little Lord Fauntleroy suits with a large variety of hair styles. Certainly the most recognizable style associate with Little Lord Fauntleroy velvet suits are ringlet curls. Ringlets were not the most common style, but have become associated with Fauntleroy suits in the popular mind--at least in America. It was more common to wear a variety of short hair cuts with Fauntleroy suits. Some were shirt hair cuts rather like those worn by older boys. Othrs were relatively short cuts, but done in a variety of fancy styles. We have also notice hair longer hair styles both covering and not covering the ears, but not shoulder lengh. The ringlets curls were styled in a variety of different ways. There were a variety of thicknessses and number. Oten ringlets were done in shoulder length styles, but not always.
Certainly the most recognizable style associate with Little Lord Fauntleroy velvet suits are ringlet curls. Ringlets were not the most common style, but have become associated with Fauntleroy suits in the popular mind--at least in America. Ringlets were usually done to shoulder length.
It was more common to wear a variety of short hair cuts with Fauntleroy suits. Some were shirt hair cuts rather like those worn by older boys. Othrs were relatively short cuts, but done in a variety of fancy styles.
We have also notice hair longer hair styles both covering and not covering the ears, but not shoulder lengh. The ringlets curls were styled in a variety of different ways. There were a variety of thicknessses and number. Often ringlets were done in shoulder length styles, but not always. We have also noted ringlets in medium-lengh hair as well.
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