Figure 1.--This cabinet card shows two unidentified brothers. They look to be about 2-6 yeats old. The older boy wears a classic cut-away jacket Faunrllero suit. The older boy wears a collar buttoning jacket with Fauntleriy elemets. Both look to be velvet suits. It looks like it was taken in the 1890s. The studio was Oswald Bros. in Minneapolis.

There were many different kinds of suits worn by American boys in the 1890s. There were several popular styles for younger boys. We still note kilt suits and Fauntleroy suits for younger boys. The Fauntleroy suit cotinued to be a popular style. We note boys from a wider social cross section wearing Fauntleroy suits in the 1890s. They were commonly, but not always done in black velvet. The Fauntleroy suit cotinued to be a popular style. This was the height of the Fauntleroy craze. Some kilt suits were done with Fauntleroy styling. The classic Fauntleroy suit was done with cut-away jackets to dispaly the fancy blouse. Older boys might wear lapel sack suits with Fauntleroy items added like large collars and floppy bows. Sailor suits were a very popular choice in the 1890s and worn by somewhat older boys. We note sailor suits earlier, It was not until the 1890s, however, that the sailor suit became a standard style for boys and traditional styling becomes increasingly standard. Another popular style for younger boys was the collar-buttoning jacket. We see these jackets both with and without Fauntleroy elements like large collars and floppy bows. These collar-buttoning jackets are a liitle difficult to identify with any certainty from the photographic record. This was because of the large collars and bows as well as the fact that some lapel jackets in the 1890s had very small, high-set lapels which can be seen on the previous page.
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