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We are not entirely sure about the collars done with the blouse-type kilt suits. Here we are talkling about different collars. The blouse-tops had attached collars. Amd mother might add a pin-on or a detachable collar for a decorative flair. We believe the tops had simple collars done in the same material a the top. most seem to have had moderately rounded collar. It is hard to tell because many mothers added large pin-on or detachable collars and/or floppy bows. The smller ones ysed in the 70s might not compeletly cover the attahed collars, but by the 80s the incrreaingly large collars and bows commonly did cover the attached collars on the blouse top. This greatly complicates our assesmment. Not all boys had these collars and bow, but many did. We think most of the tops had these collares. Many mothers added pin-on collars and bows for decorative affect. The pin-on collars and bows were restrained in the 1870s, but by the mid-1880s had begun to grow exponentially in size. This became very common in the 1880s as the Fauntleroy Craze took off. These pin-on collars took many forms. The pin-on collars varies, but by the 1880s we see lace collars and by the 90s ruffled, sometimes quite large ruffled collars. We are not yet sure about detachable collars like Eton collars.
We are not entirely sure about the collars done with the blouse-type kilt suits. This is a little confusing. Because many boys wore their kilt suit vlouses with an added white collar pinned on. This was not the actual blouse collar, but covered it. Any because it is whire usuallu on a dark blouse it tends to dominate the portrait. And because so many biys had these pinned on collars, we do not get to see the collars on the actual blouse. The outfit the boy here is wearing is a good example. We have no idea about the collar on the blouse top under the vlarge whitev lace collar (figure 1). That collar would have been done in the same heavy material as the blouse top. We believe the tops had simple collars done in the same material a the top. Most seem to have had moderately rounded collar. It is hard to tell because many mothers added large pin-on or detachable collars and/or floppy bows which covered over the blouse collar. The smller ones used in the 1870s might not compeletly cover the attahed collars, but by the 80s the incrreaingly large collars and bows commonly did cover the attached collars on the blouse top. This greatly complicates our assesmment. Not all boys had these collars and bow, but many did. We think most of the tops had these collars.
Here we are talkibg about the second collar, a decorative collar pinned on to the blouse top. The blouse-tops had a plain attached collars done in the same haevy material as the kilt. Many mothers wanted a more decorative look. They added a pin-on or a detachable collar for a decorative flair. This added decorative affect popular at the vtime. The pin-on collars and bows were restrained in the 1870s. They may have been part of a linnen or cotton blouse worn under the kilt blouse, but by the mid-1880s had begun to grow exponentially in size and look to be pin-on collars. This became very common in the 1880s as the Fauntleroy craze took off. These pin-on collars took many forms. The pin-on collars varies, but by the 1880s we see lace collars and by the 90s ruffled, sometimes quite large ruffled collars. We also see Peter Pan and Eton collars by the 1890s. Some of these look gto be detachable collars.
Fauntleroy blouses became very popular in the late-19th century, beginning about 1885. These were very fancy blouses with large collars and fancy frilled front. They had cillas they literally engulphed the small boys that wore them. Unloke the kilt suit blouse, they were in shirting material, either linnen or cotton. Most but not all were white. They were often worn with equally large floppy bows. These blouses were of course done for wear with a Fauntkeriy suit, mistr done with knee pants. They were not worn with these blouse-top kilt suits. This is because the blouse top covered up much of the fancy ruffles and frills of the Fauntlerioy blouse. There were Fauntleroy kilt suits, but these were done with a cut-way jacket that exposed all the fancy work of the Fauntletroy blouse. GYounger boys might wear just the blouse without the jacket during the summer.
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