Detachable collars were very important. They had a formal look. The Eton collar with pointed tips was a fashion item for decades. But we see these collars done in many different styles. Peter Pan collars had rounded tops. That term was not used, however, until the 20th century. And there were Eton like collars at ever point between the standard Eton and rounded Peter Pan collar. Often it is difficult to see the tips of a boy's collar in the photographic record bcause they are engulfed by the huge floppy bow popular in the late-19th century. With both Fauntleroy and Eton collars, these large bows were popular, but optional. The fanciest collars were the huge affixed ruffled collars American boys wore as part of Fauntleroy outfits. Seemingly, the smaller the boy, the larger the bow. A factor here is that older boys probably put up more resistance.) As far as we can tell, these came as attached parts of the Fauntleroy blouses of the era. We note that modern discussions of Fauntleroy outfits commonly mention lace collars. We note that Ricky Schroder when he played Litttle Lord Fauntleroy had a costume with a lace collar. Actual lace collars, however, were not very common. American boys mostly wore ruffled collars with Fauntkleroy suits. Lace collars existed, but wre not very common which we can see in the photographic record. Lace collars were more common in England, but relatively rare in America. We have not yet found these large ruffled collars done as detachable collars. They also came with matching wrist cuffs. There were two types of detachable collars. One was the the arrangement affixed to a boy's collar to keep it fixed in place. This is how Eton collars were done and held fast. Lace collars were a little different. They were commonly done with collar buttoning jackets and just pinned on to the jacket or attached with a few quick stitches. These lace collars and associated arrangements seem more common in England than America. We have fewer English catalogs, but do have a substantial and growing photographic record.
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