Figure 1.--Prince Frederick and Prince Knud can be seen here in identiacal white sailor suits. The bous look to be about 9 and 11 years old. This would mean that the photograph was taken about 1909.

The mother of the young princes, Prince Frederick and Prince Knud, appears to have been partial to sailor suits. As young boys they wore white sailor middy blouses and skirts. They also appear to have worn smocks. As older boys they wore long pants sailor suits as an older boy. He wore both white and dark middy blouses with his sailor suits. Prince Fredeick and Prince Knud were close in age and appear to have been often dressed identically as boys. By about age 15 or 16, they were wearing conservative dark double-breasted suits.

Hats

The princes as younger boys wore wide-brimmed sailor hats.

Dresses

Frederick and Knud wore dresses as boys. An avilable image shows Fredeick wearing a dress at age 3-4. I'm not sure what kind of dresses they wore, but one image shows Frederick wearing a white skirt with a middy blouse. I'm not sure when the boys were breched, but Frederick in 1904 at about age 5 was still wearing dresses.

Smocks

Royal children were not commonly photographed in smocks. I believe that thery may have worn smocks much more than the photographic record suggest. The lack of photographs may reflect the view that the smock was an informal garment and that photographs required more formal dress. One photograph of Frederick in 1904 shows him still wearing dresses at about age 5. As he is outside playing, he wears a protective white smock. The smock is back buttoning and has a wide, strangely shaped collar, perhaps with a sailor-style back flap.

Sailor suits

The princes were commonly dressed in sailor suits. They were often photographed in identical sailor suits. Presumably this was Queen Alexandrine's choice as the boys even wore sailor suits before breaching. They wore middy blouses with while kilt skirts. I'm not sure to what extent the king was involved in the choice of the boys' clothing. The boys appear to have been commonly dressed alike in identical sailor suits. The sailor suits had very traditionally styled. Available images show different styles of white middy blouses, but I'm not sure about the color of the trim. They wore both white and dark long pants. They may have worn shorts as younger boys. I am not sure to precisely what age the boys wore sailor suits. They appear to have worn sailor suits into their younger teens. Frederick as a young man showed a great interest in the sea and the navy.

Figure 2.--This photograph shows Prince Frederick and Knud in conservative double breasted suits. They look about 15-17 years ols, meaning the photograph was taken about 1915.

Suits

Prince Frederick and his brother as mid-age teenagers, about age 15 and 16 years of age were wearing conservative dark double breasted suits.

Stockings

The boys appear to have worn white socks as younger boys. Presumably they wore long stockings during the winter.

Shoes

As a young child the boys wore strap shoes. For outdoor play theubappear to have worn high-top shoes.

Created: July 3, 2002 1998
Last updated: July 3, 2002