Figure 1.-This cabinet portrait shows an unidentified little boy wearing a large polka dot floppy bow and a detachable Eton collar. The boy is shown in three-quarter profile and rests his left arm on a faux column in front of a photographer's backdrop. He was photographed by Lindenmuth Studios, Allentown, Pennslyvania. This jacket looks like one that was specifically made to be worn with a kilt suit. Notice he is wearing a kilt and not a generic skirt.

Collar buttoning jackets were another major style for the suit jackets worn with kilt suits. We have also noted jackets styled without lapels and buttoning at the neck. Large detachable or pin-on collars and floppy bows make it difficult to see the collar button. We believe that they were done both with and without collars. Here the use of large detachable collars often makes it difficult to tell. These jackets tended were longer than the early small cut-away jackets, but comminly only extended a little below the waistline. We note them done in a range of styles. Some were rather plain like cut-away jeackets. Some were a liittle more complicated. We note that vertical stle elements were popular. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). These look somewhat like Norfolk styling, although belts were not very common. Another good example is an unidentified New York boy. Buttoning could be highly variable in these jackets. More visible or the botom hem of the jackets. Here we note many more varied styles. Here we note rounded sides and what look like flap pockets. We are not sure if they are pockets or just flaps as a design element. These jackets were worn both with and without collars and neckwear. There were quite a range of different collar styles. Some of the poopular ones were Eton, Peter Pan, lacem and ruffled. They not only varied in shape, but also in style. This of course has a significant impact on ther look of the outfit. Some of the collars and neckwear were so large that they cover up the top of the jacket, but they look like collar buttoning jackets.

The Jacket

Collar buttoning jackets were another major style for the suit jackets worn with kilt suits. These jackets were also worn with knee pants. I am not sure if there was special styling for kilt suits. Most of the jackets seem to be the same as the ones worn with knee pants. Some may have been made specifically to be worn with as a kilt suit. There were many jacket styles. We have also noted jackets styled without lapels and buttoning at the neck. Large detachable or pin-on collars and floppy bows often make it difficult to see the collar button. These collar buttoning jackets were done both with and without collars. Here the use of large detachable collars often makes it difficult to tell. These jackets tended to be longer than the early small cut-away jackets, but comminly only extended a little below the waistline. There were substantial variarions in these collar-buttoning jackets. We note them done in a range of styles. Some were rather plain like cut-away jackets. We note both single- and double-breasted jackets. Some were a little more complicated. We note Norfolk-style that vertical stle elements were popular. The boy here is a good example (figure 1). These have the populr Norfolk styling, although belts were not very common. Another good example is an unidentified New York boy. Buttoning could be highly variable in these jackets. More visible or the botom hem of the jackets. Here we note many more varied styles. Here we note rounded sides and what look like flap pockets. We are not entirely sure if they are pockets or just flaps as a design element. We think the jacket may have been specidfically made to be worn with a kilt suit.

Collars and Neckwear

These jackets were worn both with and without collars and neckwear. There were quite a range of different collar styles. Some of the poopular ones were Eton, Peter Pan, lacem and ruffled. They not only varied in shape, but also in style. This of course has a significant impact on ther look of the outfit. Some of the collars and neckwear were so large that they cover up the top of the jacket, but they look like collar buttoning jackets. These were essentialy the same as the options for younger boys wearing these collars with knee pants. Some of the same collars and neckwear were worn with lapel jackets, but the collar-buttoning jackets were very common. There were sdignifican chronological differences here, Collars and neckwear increased in size substantially during the 1880s.

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