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We see a variety of special suit styles for youngr pre-school or early-primary school boys. Many were called 'novelty suits' at the time. They were most popular for younger boys beginning at age 3 at the end of the toddler range, but HBC has noted some in sizes up to 9 years. Many of these outfits had social class connotations and were not commonly worn by working-class boys. Sailor suits were still worn by American boys in the 1920s and a big part of this ctrrgory. The sailor outfits were done in a variety of styles beyond the basic middy blouse. We also see Oliver Twist and Fauntleroy styles. A new style is vestee suits. We see some styles that look somewhat like shortalls. One is called a suspenders suit. Some had large white buttons. Junior Eton suits will become a major category here, but in the 1920s is more of a regular suit choice for primary-age boys. We see these suits being worn with Eton, Peter Pan, and modest Fauntletoy collars. They were mostly done with short pants during the 1920s, although knee pants were still fairly common in 1922.
We see a variety of special suit styles for youngr pre-school or early-primary school boys in 1922. Altmans called them 'novelty suits'. They were sized for younger boys beginning at age 3 at the end of the toddler range, but HBC has noted some in sizes up to 9 years. Notice the hair styles. Many are styles thast boys would not generally have worn to school beginning at age 6 years. Many of these outfits had social class connotations and were not commonly worn by working-class boys. Sailor suits were still worn by American boys in the 1920s and a big part of this catrrgory. The sailor outfits here were done in a variety of styles beyond the basic middy blouse. We notice obe middy outfit without sailor sdetaukling. We also see Oliver Twist and Fauntleroy styles, although the Fautleroy term is not uysed. A new style is vestee suits. The vestee suit looks somewhat like a small cut-way jackets. It involves wearing something looking more like a vest instead of a jacket. One of the vestee suits looks more like a cut-away jascket. Wearing vests rsther than jackets would become popular later in the century, but we notice few actual examples in the photographic record. Some of these suits wre worn with fancy blouses. We see one outfit that look somewhat like shortalls which would become a important style. One is called a suspenders suit. Some had large white buttons. Junior Eton suits will become a major category here, but in the 1920s is more of a regular suit choice for primary-age boys. We see these suits being worn with Eton, Peter Pan, and modest Fauntletoy collars. They were mostly done with short pants during the 1920s, although knee pants were still fairly common in 1922. The shorts/knee pantxs were still rather long, basically contuinuing the length of knee pants. This was commoin in the 1920s, espdecuilly the early-20s. Notice the shies pictured are all low-cut styles. This was a major trend in footware away from h high-top shoes prevslent in the 1900s and 10s. We especially see this in catslogs offdering dashionzble, high-end fashions as we see here.
Altmans in 1922 offered a range of sailor suits for younger boys from abour 2 to 8 years. In the 1922 catalog there was a suit with a rather small collar that was made in sized for boys uo to 10 years.
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