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Ringlet curls are often associated with Fauntleroy suits, although many American boys who wore Faunkleoy suits did not have their hair done in ringlets. Much less common with tunic suits are long hair styles such as ringlet curls. Most American boys who wore long hair had ringlet styles. Our chronological information is incomplete, in part because photography was not yet invented in the early-19th century. After the invention of photography (1839), We see a few boys wearing tunics with ringlet curls. Most of the images we have found come ffom the late-19th century or very early-20th century. These styles were becoming less common after the turn-of-the 20th century, just the time that tunics suits were becoming popular again. There was an overlap in the 1900s. Ringlet curls were not a major hair style worn with tunic suits, but we do note a number of boys with ringlets. Many of the examples we have found come from the very early-20th century. This is probably because the tunic suit declined somewhst in poulrity during the 1880s and 90s when ringlet curls were especially popular. The tunic suits tht appeared at the turn-of-the 20th century. Some of the garments cold be worn for play as well as dressing up. And there were some tunic suits that were clearly made for dressing up. Which in part explains why we see some boys in ringlets wearing them. Boys with ringlet curls were more commonly dressed formally than other boys. Ringlet curls for boys declined sharply in popularity during the 1910s even though tunics continued to be very popular.
We see both tunic suits and ringlet curls throughout the 19th century. The popularity of both varied hroghout he century and the various for each followed a separate path. Our chronological information is incomplete, in part because photography was not yet invented in the early-19th century. After the invention of photography (1839), We see a few boys wearing tunics with ringlet curls. Our information, however, is limited for mid-century because of the still fairly limited number of Daguerreotype and Ambrotype images oroduced. We notice a number of boys wearing tunics, but few have ringlet curls. We know much more after the introduction of albumen CDVs and cabinet cards (1860s). Tunics were very popular, but we see reltively few boys wearing them with ringlets. Most of the images we have found come from the late-19th century or very early-20th century. Ringlet curls were not a major hair style worn with tunic suits, but we do note a number of boys with ringlets. Many of thge examples we have found come from the very early-20th century. This is probably because the tunic suit declined somewhat in poularity during the 1880s and 90s when ringlet curls were especially popular.
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We still see some boys wearing ringlets with the tunic suits that appeared at the turn-of-the 20th century. Tunics in the firt decade of the 20th century were a major fashion trend. Ringlets for boys, however, were a declining fashion. Ringlet curls were becoming less common after the turn-of-the 20th century, just the time that tunics suits were becoming popular again. There was an overlap in the 1900s. We still see boys wearing ringlets, especially in the early-1900s. By the 1910s it had become notably less common, esoecially for boys beyonf the todler stage, many of whom were wearing tunics. Most of the examples we have found come from the 1900s, especially the firt half of the decade. Some of the tunic suits cold be worn for play as well as dressing up. Some of the tunic suits, however, were clearly made for dressing up. Which in part explains why we see some boys in ringlets wearing them. Boys with ringlet curls were more commonly dressed formally than other boys. Ringlet curls for boys declined sharply in popularity during the 1910s even though tunics continued to be very popular until the 1920s. Many of the images we have found are undated, but can be roughly dated by the mount, postcard stamp box, or other factors. Ringlet curls for boys declined sharply in popularity during the 1910s even though tunics continued to be very popular until the 1920s. Many of the impages we have found are undated, but can be roughly dated by the mount, postcard stamp box, or other factors.
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