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We still see boys commonly wearing blouses durung the 1910s. This was especially during the early 10s, but we see blouses being worn throughout the decade. We note both plain and striped blouses. Colors are more difficult to assess, although there were few dark-colored blouses. A major difference was that they were were worn with knickers during the 10s instead of knee pants which were more common in th 1900s. This is a useful indicator in estimating the dates of undated photographs. Blouses were, however, beginning to decline in popularity during the decade. They were still worn throughout the decade, but by somewhat younger boys and with smaller and less fancy collars. Thus by the end of the decade boys with huge collars were no longer very common. We see more boys wearing small collars of various styles, some with modern-looking collars. Eton collars were not worn on blouses but rather as detachable collars for shirts or waists. We see many other styles, many of which we are unable to identify. Some sid not have spread points like Etons. These detachable collars were still worn in the 10s, but not as commonly as in the 1900s. And after the War Eton collars declined sharply in poularity. The blouses seem to have mostly had drawstring closures. While American boys commonly wore blouses throughout the 1910s, we note the blouse rapidly going out of style in 1919 as part of the seismic change of boys' fashion following World War I. A New York Times article reported, "The sale of boys' blouses has dropped off to such an extent that it it is causing much anxiety among the manufacturers. Some of the firms have vlosed their plants for the time being, at least until conditions are more settled. It is said that the jobbers are unloadding their stocks at reduced prices in order to dispose of the merchandise on hand: cancelations are very numerous, and some of the out-of-town buyers have returned without plceing any orders. One form whch sold $100,000 worth of these of these goods has received about $95,000 in cancelations." ["Sale ..."]
We still see boys commonly wearing blouses durung the 1910s. This was especially during the early 10s, but we see blouses being worn throughout the decade. Blouses were, however, beginning to decline in popularity during the decade. While American boys commonly wore blouses throughout the 1910s, we note the blouse rapidly going out of style in 1919 as part of the seismic change of boys' fashion following World War I. A New York Times article reported, "The sale of boys' blouses has dropped off to such an extent that it it is causing much anxiety among the manufacturers. Some of the firms have vlosed their plants for the time being, at least until conditions are more settled. It is said that the jobbers are unloadding their stocks at reduced prices in order to dispose of the merchandise on hand: cancelations are very numerous, and some of the out-of-town buyers have returned without plceing any orders. One form whch sold $100,000 worth of these of these goods has received about $95,000 in cancelations." ["Sale ..."]
We note both plain and striped blouses. Colors are more difficult to assess, although there were few dark-colored blouses.
A major difference was that they were were worn with knickers during the 10s instead of knee pants which were more common in th 1900s. This is a useful indicator in estimating the dates of undated photographs.
Blouses were still worn throughout the decade, but by somewhat younger boys wih smaller collars.
Blouses for boys in the 1910s had smaller and less fancy collars than earlier. We see fewer fancy Funtleroy collars for the younger boys and we ilder boys turning way from ther pliner Guntlrtoy collars by the end of the decade/ We see some bioys sgtuill wearing blouses wiyth large collrs. Thus by the end of the decade boys with huge collars were no longer very common. We see more boys wearing small collars of various styles included rounded Peter Pan collars. We believe these Lrge collrsfor boys were mostrly sewn on blouses. e see more vboys wearing modern-looking collars. There was a decided shift toeard shirts with more standard sized, pointed cillars. Eton collars were not worn on blouses but rather as detachable collars for shirts or waists. We still see some. We see many other styles, many of which we are unable to identify. Some did not have spread points like Etons. Most of the Eton collsrs we see are detachable collars. These detachable collars were still worn in the 10s by boys drssing up, but not as commonly as in the 1900s. And after the War Eton collars declined sharply in poularity, but did not disappear.
We notice two basic waist treatments. Blouses seem to have mostly had drawstring closures, a popular waiust treatment for some time. The boys here are good examample (figure 1). We also see button-on blouses. A good example is the Nethery brothers in 1915.
"Sales of boys' blouses," New York Times (January 31, 1919).
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