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This Franklin Simon catalog page is for dress and school styles. It shows both Norfolk an double-breasted suits. We suspect that the Norfolk suits were the school suits and the double-breasted suiyts are the dress suits. Of course the FS ad copy could mean thatthe suits are suitavle for both school and dresswear, but we think the former explanation is more likely. And this is a rare mention of the knickerbockers in the adcopy. On other catalog pages the knickers are only inferred by the illustrations. The photogrphic record suggests that the Norfolk suits were more common for schoolwear. Although the double-breasted suits might have been common at private schools. And we are not sure just why this is the onky suit page offering extra pair of knickerbockers. The Norfolk suits look very similar withe difference being primarily the favric patterms. The same is the casr for the two diuble-breasted suits. The illustration suggests the long stickings were black and not a ciolor matching the suits. The suits were done in sizs 8 to 17 years.
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