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Lonzo Preston Nair looks to be about 8 years old. He wears a knee pants button-on suit. It looks to be velvet suit. This was not unusual for boys Lonzo's age. It is not a fancy suit, but velvet was a luxurios, expensive fabric. It was often used for fancy boys' suits. Notice the white buttons used for decoration. We are not sure what he is wearing under his suit top and there are no blouse sleee cuffs to offer a clue. The frills at the collar and front is probably decorative applique sewed on to the top. The buttons on the waist and are from the top and hold up the bottoms. The bottoms are probably knee pants, although they look like knickers. That is not imopossible, but in America knee pants were much more common. In the 1870s, knee pants tended to be mostly worn only by younger boys Lonzo's age or a little older. They were commonly cut at calf level. The term 'knee pants' comes from later in the century when the standard length became knee level. We also see spectacled stockings done in a lighter color than the suit. We are not sure about the length. At the time boys generally wore long pants, they did not have to be very long. Long stockings appeared as knee pants began to be cut at shorter lengths (1980s). All three children wore high-top shoes.
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