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English Boys Suits: Garments--Jackets

English suit jackets
Figure 1.--This unidentified English boy wears a cut-away jacket suit with what seems to be knee pants. It looks to be a velvet suit with stripe detailing. Noted the striped long stockings. The portrait was taken in 1877 by Frederick Oakes Devereux. He is most asspciated with Hove, a small adjacent town. This portrait was a CDV. We note cabinet cards in the 1880s.

One of the basic suit garments, probably the most important, is the jacket or coat. The styles of the jacket suits varied substantially over time. Age was another factor although this also varied over time. Skleleton, sailor, and cut-away jacket suit jackets were generally for younger boys. Other jackets might be worn by boys of a wider age range. The first important suit type was the slelleton suit. We do not have a lot of information on the early-19th century, but with the invention of photography more information becomes available (1840s). We note a lot of American boys did not wear jackets in the first half of the 19th century. We think jackets were more common in England, but our English archive is much more limited so we can not yet make any conclusive assessments. We do not see large numbers of English images during the 1840s and 50s. Compared to Anerica there were relatively few Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and other early photographic tfyprw. The appearance of the CDV chsanges this (1860s). And we have large numbers of images to assess suit trends. The jacket or coat is usually the most destinctive part of the suit. Suits were done in many different styles. The type of suit was primarily determined by the jacket. Many if not most boys' suit styles originated in England, including the sailor, Eton, and Norfolk suits as well as several other importat styles. Suits with cut-away jackets were popular in the mid-19th century for younger boys. Older boys wore sack suits and these gradually became the sandard style. Boys wore single and double breasted suit jackets. Single-breasted coats have been the major style worn by boys in England.

Chronology

One of the basic suit garments, probably the most important, is the jacket or coat. The styles of the jacket suits varied substantially over time. The first important suit type was the slelleton suit. Suits with cut-away jackets were popular in the mid-19th century for younger boys. A good example is Cyril Bickersteth in 1865. We do not have a lot of information on the early-19th century, but with the invention of photography more information becomes available (1840s). We note a lot of American boys did not wear jackets in the first half of the 19th century. We think jackets were more common in England, but our English archive is much more limited so we can not yet make any conclusive assessments. We do not see large numbers of English images during the 1840s and 50s. Compared to Anerica there were relatively few Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, and other early photographic tfyprw. The appearance of the CDV chsanges this (1860s). And we have large numbers of images to assess suit trends.

Age

Age was another factor although this also varied over time. Skleleton, sailor, and cut-away jacket suit jackets were generally for younger boys. Other jackets might be worn by boys of a wider age range.

Styles

The jacket or coat is usually the most destinctive part of the suit. Suits were done in many different styles. The type of suit was primarily determined by the jacket. Many if not most boys' suit styles originated in England, including the sailor, Eton, and Norfolk suits as well as several other importat styles. Suits with cut-away jackets were popular for younger boys. A good example is Cyril Bickersteth in 1865. Older boys wore sack suits and these gradually became the sandard style. Boys wore single and double breasted suit jackets. Single-breasted coats have been the major style worn by boys in England.






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