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The question of neckwear and ruffled collars is largely a chronological matter. We see boys wearing ruffled collars throughout the 19th century. The use of neckwear as well as other fators concerning ruffled collars such as age, shape, size, and other matters varied chronologically. Here we are talking about three basic periods in which ruffled collars were worn. We note boys from fashionable city families wearing ruffled collars in the early-19th century. This was not really a child's style as men might also wear ruffled collars early in the century. We are not sure to what extent neckwear was worn. And most Americans at the time lived on farms and did not have fancy outfits. We know much more about the mid-19th century after the appearance of photography increased the number of available images. We see quite a number of boys wearing ruffled collars. They are, however, usually not easy to see. Collars were very small at the time and the ruffled collsrs mostly just peaked out from the collsrs of suits. They were worn exclusively by younger boys and we do not note boys wearing neckwar with them. We know even more about the late-19th century. Here we see boys wearing very large ruffled blouses. They were were worn both with and without fancy neckwear--mostly floppy bows. Both the collars and bows varied in size, but were generally large. Some of these bows like the collars were huge. Usually the collar was much larger than the bow, but we see some boys with vows that virtually covered over the collar.
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