The shirt-like garments worn with kilt suits varied over time. When kilt suits first appeared boys tended to wear small collars. By the time the kilt suit began to go out of style, very large collrs were still fashionable. In many instances all we see is the collar. Many kilts suits were worn with vests covering up the shirt or blouse so all we see is the collar or perhaps wrist cuffs. With the onset of the Faintleroy Craze (1885), we begin to see boys wearing lace and ruffled trimed blouses. This was affected some what by vests. Blouses were necessary with the bodice kilts. The kilts worn with vests often had prominent collars, but usually less fancy than those worn with blouses. Eton collars were popular. Here we see an example, we think from 1893 (figure 1). The boy on the previous page is wearing a wide white collar, but it is not possible to make out much detail. The fancy collars were not only worn with kilt suits, but boys often continued wearing them after being breeched and a knee pants suit purchased. Of course Fauntleroy suits were worn with large lace collars, but they were worn with other less fancy suits as well.
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