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What little we can see from the early-19th century shows Serbian boys as they emrrged out of the Ottoman Empire wearing suits that are similar to standard European styles. Thus was a process. Serbians wore largely traditional styles in the early-19th century, but as they energed from the Ottoman they began to adopt Western styles. And we thus see many Serbian boys by the end of the 19th century. wearing the same style suit popular in Western Europe. The 19th century family portraiton the previous page both adult and boys' suits (figure 1). You canoot identify the natiioanlaity of Serbian boys by the suits they wear, which is possibke to siome extent in the West. But because Serbian styles are of Western origins they cannot be idenbtified as Serbian. Austria/German styles seem particularly influential. One popular style was the sailor suit. Not as popular perhps as in Austria and Germany, but still popular. Serbia is a land-locked country, but the sailor suit seems very popular both the 19th and 20th century. We re not sure when they first appeared. Our 19th century Serbian archive is to limited to know when the style reached Serbia, but the 1860s is likely. The Austrian/German influence is likely a factor. We see sailor suits into the mid-20th century. Some families dressed all the children or at least the boys in matching sailor suits. The styles are often not quite the perfect adopton of the traditional styles, but often close to it. We see boys wearing them from very young age unto their early-teens. Traditional styling seems standard, but as in other countries, Serbian mothers often added special touches. The unidentified Belgrade boy on the previous page a good example. Mother has added a lace collar showing the influence of Fauntleroy styling. We know much more about Serbian suits in the 20th century as our archive is somewhat more substantial. We continue to see Serbian styles basically following general European styles. One of the mot important sources of information are the available school portraits. Until after World War II it was common for boys to wear suits to school.
We know much more about Serbian suits in the 20th century as our archive is somewhat more substantial. Here we see a boy wearing a smart double-breasted suit in the 1960s (figure 1). Notice that there is only one set of buttons. Dounle-breasted styling seems most common in the early-Communist era (1945-early-60s). Earlier it was more of a annadult suit style.
One popular style was the sailor suit. Not as popular perhps as in Austria and Germany, but still popular. Serbia is a land locked country, but the sailor suit seems very popular both the 19th and 20th century. We re not sure when they first appeared. Our 19th century Serbian archive is to limited to know when the style reached Serbia, but the 1860s is likely. The Austrian/German influence is likely a factor. We see sailor suits into the mid-20th century. Some families dressed all the children or at least the boys in matching sailor suits. The styles are often not quite the perfect adopton of the traditional styles, but often close to it. We see boys wearing them from very young age unto their early-teens. Traditional styling seems standard, but as in other countries, Serbian mothers often added special touches. The unidentified Belgrade boy on a previous page isa good example. Mother has added a huge lace collar showing the influence of Fauntleroy styling.
Velvet of course is a material, not a styyle. But it is a material that was used for a range of juvenile suit styles. Velvet a popular material for youngrr boy's suits. We see mostly youngr boys wearing these velvet suit styles. We note some Fauntleroy suits, done with cut-away jackets in the late -19th century. We also see some 20th century velvet suits, inclusing early-20th century that still had some Fauntleroy touches. These suits included both various jacket styles as well as what look like blouse suits. We only have a few examples at this time.
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