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This large ruffle collar fashion was very popular through the turn-of-the 20th century. The popularity of these collars rapidly declined (early-20th century), but only after the first decade. .A good example is B. Curtis Sunderland about 1900. Curtis seems almost engulfed by his huge ruffled collar. And this was not just for little boys. We see many pre-teens weaearing them and even a few boys about 13-years old. Actual Little Lord Fauntleroy suits rapidly declined, especially fter 1905, but we see quitte a number of large ruffled collars throughout the 1900s and into the 10s. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). We now see more colored blouses with these collars. By the end of the 1900s, the popularity began to decline. And during the 1910s they became much less common, especially with the advent of World War I. We see these boys wearing blouses with these collars without jackets during the summer and with jackets for more formal occassions or during the winter. After the early-1910s they rapidly disappeared in popularity. We see far fewer boys agter the mid-10s with these collars. After World War I in the 1920s, larger ruffled collars were no longr a major fashion item. Ruffled collars did not totally disappear. We see some younger boys wearing small ruffled collars. A good example can be seen on the previous page with a small ruffled collar in 1929. We see younger boys in fancy outfits including ruffled collars (1930s). After this we only see them in fancy formal wedding outfit for little boys such as ring bearers.
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