Figure 1.--Here two sisters from Englewood, Illinois wearing identical dresses with cape-style lace collars. The cabinentvcard portraitvis undated, but we would guess was taken in the 1890s. |
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We see some boys wearing really large lace collars, even some mostly younger boys with lace collars that extend to or even over the colors. We note some lace collars that are more like capes, extending not only over the shoulders and down the arms. We have only seen girls wearing these lace collars. Styles at the time were, however, extremely variable. Thuis we wouldn't want to suggest that no boy ever wore them, but we think they were mostly for dresses and worn by girls. We believe these wertr actually a separate garment and worn over dresses.
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