Figure 1.-- This unidentified mother and boy were captured by a CDV portrait, we think in the late-1860s, perhaps the early-70s. The boy looks to be about 6-years old. He wears a cut-away jacket with a best and long pnts. Note the small collar. Also note cap he is wearing, a military peaked cap with a tassle. The studio was B. Loudet in Buenos Aires.

We notice boys wearing various jacket styles. The style of the jacket or coat basically determined the suit style. Mos suits were worn with various types of pants, but this did not affect the suit style. We see the same jacket styles that were worn in Europe and the United States, although our archive is limited at this time. We have no infomation on the 18th and early-19th century. We have no information on the skelton suit which appeared in the late-18h century, but assume tht boys from families in confortable circumstances wore them. We have some limited information on the second-half of the 19th century. We see Argentine boys wearing cut-away jackets and other popular styles including sack suits and various lapel jackets, We do not yet have examples, but we believe Argentine boys wearing collar0-buttoning jackets. We note Norfolk as well as single and double breasted jackets in the early-20th century. We see boys wearing double-breasted jackets in the 1930s on the previous page. Single-breasted blazers became more common in the later half of the century. We see younger boys wearing sailor suits. British and European styles seem more important than American styles. Stylistic details like lapel width seem to follow European trends. American fashions seem to become more important after World War II. And as in America and Europe, we see fewer boys wearing suits by the 1970s.

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