Figure 1.-- This cabinet card portrait shows an unidentified boy about 3 years old. He wears a sailor-styled kilt suit with a sailor cap and ringlet curls. The outfit is completed with a petticoat, long stockings, and high-top button shoes. We are not sure how to date it, vut would guess about 1890. The photogrpher is the Allen Nield Studios. He had studios in Leeds, Manchester, and Stockport.

English boys wore kilt suits in different styles. We have a good idea about the vrious styles because we have a lot of information on American kilt suits. We do not yet have enough images to fully understand the various syles, but we have some information. We notice some done in the same styles as jackets worn with regular knee pantsor knicker suits. We see cut-away jackets. The boy on the previous page wears a cut-away jacket as part of a kilt suit. We also see lapel jackets. These were popular styles for youngr boys suits in the second-half of the 19th century. The suits were normally worn with trousers, including shortned length trousers. We also notice different collar styles with ghe different suits. Notice the small collar the boy on the previous page wears which was stylish in the 1860s. The interesting thing about English kilt suits is that unlike American kilt suits, they were sometimes worn with Highland kilt items like sporans. The boy on the previous page is a good example. We also notice sailor style kilt suits which seems to have been a popular choice. A good example is Theodore Quintus Studd in 1896. The boy here is nother good example (figure 1). There were also Fauntleroy kilt suits.

Regular Suit Jackets

We notice some done in the same styles as jackets worn with regular knee pants or knicker suits. We see cut-away jackets. The boy on the previous page wears a cut-away jacket as part of a kilt suit. As this was asuit style for youngr boys, mwe see quitevba few of these. We also see lapel jackets. These were popular styles for youngr boys suits in the second-half of the 19th century. The suits were normally worn with trousers, including shortned length trousers. We also notice different collar styles with the different suits. Notice the small collar the boy on the previous page wears which was stylish in the 1860s. The interesting thing about English kilt suits is that unlike American kilt suits, they were sometimes worn with Highland kilt items like sporans. The boy on the previous page is a good example.

Sailor Styles

We also notice sailor style kilt suits which seems to have been a popular choice. A good example is an unidentified boy on a family park outing, we think in the 1880s. Another example is Theodore Quintus Studd in 1896. The boy here is another good example (figure 1).

Fauntleroy Styles

There were also Fauntleroy kilt suits.

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