Figure 1.--Here we see two brothers who look to be about 5-7 years of age. They wear very similar dressy sailor tunic outfits, down to the shoes and socks--notice the bows. The tunics look to be white triped tnics. The only real difference is the hair. The younger brother has ringlet curls and a coordinated white hair bow. His younger brother has short hair. The prtrait is undated, but looklike the 1910s to us.

We see a wide range of dressy tunics done in a variety of styles. The basic styling of the tunic was the same for both play and dressy tunics. The differenced was often the fabric used and the detailing and trim trim. Of course some boys wore older tunic for play. We see fancy, dress tunics that were clearly made for formal occassion. Often the basic garment was the same, only with fancy trim added to create dressy tunics. Scalloped edging was also popular. Some tunics had copius ruffeled and lace trimed decorative elements. Many of the dressy tunics were sailor tunics, although this may not initially be apparent because of all the fancy trim. These were often white sailor tunics, but withour the standard stripe detailing. The tunic here is a good example (fif=gure 1). The V-front has been modified to look more like lapels, but notice that there was a back flap. We also see very plain, but elegant looking tunics. Here the fabric used could also be different. These may have been the boy's party outfit or dressiest grment. We see basic tunic suits trimmed with copious amounts of lace. This seems rather popular for white tunic suits made in light-weight fabrics for summer wear. We also see tunics done in heavier, dark materials, but they do not seem as common as the white ones. There could be seasonal factors at play here. The fancy whire tunivs could be a spting-summer style while the plainer tunics with heavier material worn more during fall and winter.

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