American Fauntleroy Blouses and Floppy Bows: Chronology


Figure 1.-- This cabinet card portrait looks to have been taken in the 1890s. The children look to be about 4-10 years of age. One boy wears a huge Eton collar, the other a Fauntleroy collar with large floppy bows. Their little sister does not wear a floppy bow, but has aocket. The studio was Murry in Savanna, Illinois.

We commonly see American boys wearing Fauntleroy blouses both with and without floppy bows. Many boys did not wear them, especially the older boys, but as long as the Fauntleroy blouse was popular we see them being worn as an option with floppy bows. The popularity of Fauntleroy blouses and floppy bows occurred over a relativedly short period of time, from about the mid-1880s to the mid-1900s. The of course all set off by Mrs. Burnett's publication of her famous book, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885). There were some related trends before this, but it was the Burnett book that launced the Fauntleroy Craze and large rulled and lace collars with floppy bows was an important part of it. The style was at its peak in the 1890s. A good example is American boy Freddiec Deveraux in 1892. It is also interesting, however, to look at the decades before and after to see how the fashion developed and continued with younger boys for a time after the popularity of the style declines. Notably, during the short period this style was most popular, we do not see girls wearing large Fauntleroy collars and floppy bows.







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