|
Little Lord Fauntleroy suits outfits consisted of a variety of garments. The most important of course was the jacket and pants, but there were other items as well associated with these outfits and a variety of fabrics were used. Little Lord Fauntleroy suits are generaly associated with plush velvet. In fact, the suits were actually made in a wide variety of fabrics. This is an interesting topic, however, our information is quite limited. Velvet was most popular for the classic suits, but velvet was an expesive material and thus cost-conscious mothers used many other less expensive and more durable fabrics. The variety of fabrics increased as middle-class mothers copied the fashions of the privlidged classes. Velvet was also a relatively heavy fabric. Thus lighter weight materials were adopoted for warm summer weather. A boy might wear just his blouse in hot weather. But there were jackets done in light-weight fabrics as well. Other lighter-weight materials were used depending on the type of Fauntleroy outfit. Boys wearing Fauntleroy kilts, for exmple. might wear a velvet jacket with a wool tartan kilt. Fauntleroy dresses might be made in velvet, but a range of other fabrics were also used. I am not entirely sure about the fabrics for the accompanying garments like the fancy blouses. Of course lace was sometimes employed for the collar. Boys wearing dresses might wear a Broderie Anglaise petticoat and drawers underneath.
Little Lord Fauntleroy suits outfits consisted of a variety of garments. The most important of course was the jacket and pants. By the time Fauntleroy suits became common, the convention in suits was for the jacket and pants to match. A variety of fabrics were used. Little Lord Fauntleroy suits are generaly associated with plush velvet. Often black, but other colors of velvet were used as well. In fact, the suits were actually made in a wide variety of fabrics. Velvet was most popular for the classic suits, but velvet was an expesive material and thus cost-conscious mothers used many other less expensive and more durable fabrics. The variety of fabrics increased as middle-class mothers copied the fashions of the privlidged classes. Velvet was also a relatively heavy fabric. Thus lighter weight materials were adopoted for warm summer weather. A boy might wear just his blouse in hot weather. But there were jackets done in light-weight fabrics as well. Other lighter-weight materials were used depending on the type of Fauntleroy outfit.
Boys wearing Fauntleroy kilts. might wear a velvet jacket with a wool tartan kilt. Some times the kilt was also done in the same matterial as the jacket. A good example is a New York boy. Wool tartan plaids were quite popular. We see many examples in the photographic record. We also note examples from period catalogs such as the Stern Brothers in 1890.
Fauntleroy dresses might be made in velvet, but a range of other fabrics were also used.
I am not entirely sure about the fabrics for the accompanying garments like the fancy blouses. We note quite a range of different material, including lawn, linen, penang, percale (several catalogs refer to English and French percale), rep, sateen, and other material. These were light-weight materoal, but we notice some heavier-weight material such as surge as well.
We note a 1900 Butternick patteren suggesting linen, English rep, English percale, and serge. Of course lace was sometimes employed for the collar.
We have little information about underwear ssociated with these suits, in prt becuse our information comes primarily from the photographic record. One reader tells s that boys wearing dresses might wear a Broderie Anglaise petticoat and drawers underneath.
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Fauntleroy related pages:
[Return to the Main U.S. Fauntleroy page]
[Return to the Classic Fauntleroy page]
[Fauntleroy dresses]
[Lace collars]
[Vivian Burnett]
[Fauntleroy patterns]
[Classic materials]
[Classic hair styles]
[Individual classic suits]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing other related pages:
[Dresses]
[Breeching]
[Kilts]
[Smocks]
[Pinafores]
[Sailor Hats]
[Blouses]
[Ring Bearers]
[Long hair]
[Ringlet curls]
[Hair bows]
[Bangs]
[Collars]
[Bows]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Images]
[Links]
[Registration]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]
