Figure 1.--Alexei beginning at about 5 or 6 years old was usually dressed in a sailor suit, except for memonial events. This continued until the War years.
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Figure 1.--Alexei beginning at about 5 or 6 years old was usually dressed in a sailor suit, except for memonial events. This continued until the War years. |
Most of Alexei's boyhood photographs, however, show him in sailor suits. I'm not sure why this was. Sailor suits were popular for European boys at the turn of the centurry, but they do not seem to have been a major fashion for Russian boys. His father does not seem to have worn sailor suits, at least commonly, as a boy. The choice of sailor suits for Alexei probably reflects his mother's choice. Sailor suits were a very popular fashion for boys in her native Germany. Alexei appears to have usually worn long pants sailor suits. Alexei appears to have worn sailor suits virtually all the time, except for ceremonial occasions. Photographs show him in silor suits of course aboard the royal yacht. But he also is seen in sailor suits
for outdoor outings, intimate times with his parents and sisters,
for his lessons as well. The Cazarina appears to have been partial
to white sailor suits, as least the middy blouse. Alexei dis often
appear in dark pants--especially as an older boy, but usually a
white middy blouse.
Most of Alexei's boyhood photographs show him in sailor suits. He did not wear sailor suits all the time. On sone formal occasions he wore a uniform. Most available images, however, suggest that he almost always wore a sailor suit. Except for formalo occasions, the only outfits that I have noted for Alexei.
I'm not sure why Alexei always wore sailor suits. Sailor suits were certainly popular popular for European boys at the turn of the century, but they do not seem to have been a major fashion for Russian boys. His father does not seem to have worn sailor suits, at least commonly, as a boy. The choice of sailor suits for Alexei probably reflects his mother's choice. Sailor suits were a very popular fashion for boys in her native Germany. They were also widely worn in England. The children of George V, for eample, usually wore eith sailor suits or kilts as boys.
Almost all of his middy blouses were white with blue or black trim. I do not require seeing him wearing a dark middy blouse. He wore both white and dark pants with white middy blouses, but he never seems to have worn dark middy blouses with matching dark pants.
Alexei appears to have usually worn long pants sailor suits. There are some images of him as a youner boy wearing short pants with white socks and strap shoes. Most photographs, however, show him wearing long pants. He wore both white and dark pants.
Alexei appears to have worn sailor suits virtually all the time, except for ceremonial occasions. Photographs show him in sailor suits of course aboard the royal yacht. But he also is seen in sailor suits
for outdoor outings, intimate times with his parents and sisters,
for his lessons as well.
The Cazarina appears to have been partial
to white sailor suits, as least the middy blouse. Alexei dis often
appear in dark pants--especially as an older boy, but usually a
white middy blouse. I am not sure why she liked middy blouses so much.
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