Figure 1.--This is a tin-type portrait of an American unidentified boy. It is not dated, but we would estimate was taken in the early-1870s, perhaps even the late-60s. Note that the pantalettes match the dress. |
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We do not know a lot about pantalettes colors and patterns because of our fairly limited archive of images. Most pantalettes we note are white. And we are fairly confident that this was the case. But we know that not all pantalettes were white. We think that there were some colored pantalettes, but they were much less common than the white ones. The black and white photography of the day makes it difficult to assess colors other than white. Dark colors were very rare. We also note a few pantalettes done in patterns. These almost always were done in the same pattern as the dress or other skirted garments the child was wearing. The unidentified boy here is a good example. We also notice Roy LaFolette who wears checked psntslettes mstching his summer kilt suit.
Almost always these patterened pantalettes were to be worn with dresses and not tinics or kilt suits. We do not note them being worn with Highland kilt outfits, but suspect that in America some were, but worn so that they could not be seen.
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