Fauntleroy Garments: Pants


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American boys mostly wore Fauntleroy suits with kneepants. We have never seen long pants Fauntleroy suits. We have seen Fauntleroy suits worn with bloomer knickers, especially in Britain and Europe. Short pants have also been worn with Fauntleroy suits, but not normally the classic suits worn before the turn of the 20th century. The better suits were lined with three buttons at the hem. The buttons were purely ornamental. Button holes at the waist allowed the Fauntleroy blouse to be buttoned on. I'm not sure yet about the normal arrangements of pockets. Some pants had two front pockets, I do not know if back pockets were common. The suits at first had pants or trousers cut at or below the knee. The most common style had pants which reached a little below the knees. Often closing was made at the sides near the hem of the pants with button-holes and buttons. Usually there were three buttons near the hem of the trouser leg. Some pants had more prominent buttons.

Types of Pants

Most classic Fauntleroy suits were worn with kneepants or bloomer knickers. Most american boys wore kneepants suits/. European boys commonly wore bloomer knickers. We have also see European boys wear them with short pants. After World War I Fauntleroy like suits were more commonly worn with shorts in America and Wurope.

Kneepants

A Fauntleroy suit was always worn with kneepants. I do not know of any long pants Fauntleroy suits. The kneepants normally had three buttons at the hem. The buttons were purely ornamental. Button holes at the waist allowed the Fauntleroy blouse to be buttoned on. I'm not sure yet about the normal arrangements of pockets. Some pants had two front pockets, I do not know if back pockets were common. The suits at first had pants or trousers cut at or below the knee. The most common style had pants which reached a little below the knees. Often closing was made at the sides near the hem of the pants with button-holes and buttons. Usually there were three buttons near the hem of the trouser leg. Some pants had more prominent buttons.

Knicker bloomers

We have seen Fauntleroy suits worn with bloomer knickers, especially in Britain and Europe. Some American boys wore Fauntleroy with knicker bloomers, but kneepants were much more common. We have seen fewer images of European boys wearing Fauntleroy suits, but most of the ones we have seen are with bloomer knicketrs. Most of the European suits we have seen are British and French. We have little information on other countries.

Short pants

Short pants have also been worn with Fauntleroy suits, but not normally the classic suits worn before the turn of the 20th century. We have never noted American boys wearing classic Fauntleroy suits with short pants. We have noted a few European boys doing so. After World War I, younger boys did more commonly wear Fauntleroy type suits with short pants. We have noted them into the 1920s and early 30s.

Long pants

We have never seen long pants Fauntleroy suits. There were long plants sailor suits, but we have never seen longpants Fauntleroy suits.

Details

The better suits were lined. I'm not sure yet about the normal arrangements of pockets. Some pants had two front pockets, I do not know if back pockets were common.







Christopher Wagner






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