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We see many American boys wearing pin-on Fauntleroy collars. Many of the pin-on collars were lace collars. There were also pin-on ruffled collars. We beliece that they were less common, but it is difficukr to destinguosh between pin-on ruffled collars and blouses with these ruffled collars. This is something we are still not sure about. The presence or absence of wrist cuffs may be a factor. Lace collars seem most common in the 1880s and early 90s. We see fewer lace collars by the late 1890s. Some boys wore pin-on lace collars rather than a fancy blouse. Often there were matching sleeve cuffs. This was often the case for actual lace collars. Real lace was quite expensives. Thus it was oftten no used as blouse collars. Or if it was used, it was only as trim. Pin-on collars were commonly worn worn with collar-buttoning jackets. Fauntleroy blouses or trim items like collars and cuffs were not always worn with actual Fauntleroy suits. Rather they might be worn with regular sack suits, giving the impression of a Fauntleroy suit to the modern observer. Thos was done by mothers who liked the Funtleroy style but though the boy was a little too old for an actual Funtleroy suit.
We note two types of pin-on Fauntleroy collars. Many of the pin-on collars were lace collars. There were also pin-on ruffled collars. We beliece that they were less common, but it is difficult to destinguosh between pin-on ruffled collars and blouses with these ruffled collars. This is something we are still not sure about. The presence or absence of wrist cuffs may be a factor. Lace collars seem most common in the 1880s and early 90s. Here we see an elaborate example of a pin-on lace collar and matching wriist trim (figure 1). Notice they are worn with a collar buttoning jacket. We see fewer lace collars by the late 1890s. Some boys wore pin-on lace collars rather than a fancy blouse. Often there were matching sleeve cuffs. This was often the case for actual lace collars. Real lace was quite expensives. Thus it was oftten no used as blouse collars. Or if it was used, it was only as trim.
These pin-on Fauntleroy collars were often worn with floppy bows. The bows, however, were optional. We note pin-on Fauntleroy collars worn both with and without the bows. It was somewhat more common to add the bows, but large numbers of boys wore the collars without the bows. One factor was that mothers often did not wish to cover over beautiful, expnsive lace collars. This also depended somewhat on age. We notice younger boys with very large floppy bows and older boys with smaller ones. Floppy bows were, however, optional items. The unidentified California boy here wears his large lace collar without a floppy bow, but he does have an impressive large sash (figure 1).
Pin-on Fauntleroy collars were commonly worn worn with different kinds of suits, both Fauntleroy and regular suits. The Fauntleroy suits were mostly collar-buttoning jackets. These were not the classic cut-away jacket suits, but we believe can be called Fauntleroy suits. Theoutfir the boy here is wearing is a good example. Pin-on collars would not work very well with the cut-awy jackets as they only provided fancy trim at the collar. Cut-away jackets were designed to show off a fancy blouse with ruffles and trim at the front as well. Fauntleroy blouses or trim items like collars and cuffs were not always worn with actual Fauntleroy suits. Rather they might be worn with regular sack suits, giving the impression of a Fauntleroy suit to the modern observer. This was done by mothers who liked the Funtleroy style but though the boy was a little too old for an actual Funtleroy suit. This was very common and we see large numbers of standard suits worn with Fauntleroy trip like pin-on collars. We often notice this done in an age graded manner. With the younger boys with moreFauntleroy trim and the older bots with less Fauntleroy trim.
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