Fauntleroy Outfits: Open Sailor Jackets--Chronology

Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows three siblings pictured with a whicker chair, a popular studio prop around he turn of the century. As it is a natural color chair, we believe the portrait ws probably taken in the late-1890s. the children look to be about 8-14 years of age. The two brothers are dressed very differently for two boys so close in age. Mother must have a very dfinite ageas to when the boys begin to wear more mature outfits. The younger brother wears an open-front sailor jacket with a Fauntleroy blouse. His oldr brother wears a moremature doublr-breasted jacket with no Fauntleroy accoutrements. styling. The studio was Winsor in Olean, New York.

The Fauntleroy Craze lasted for about 20 years (1885-1905). We see Fauntleroy suits later, but after 1905 the style was decliing in popularity. We notice these jackets mostly in the 1890s and early-1900s. We see mostly cut-way jackets in the late-80s, but these open sailor jackets were very common in the 90s. Thy were one of the popular styles during the 90s. Most of the examples we have found if these open sailor jackets worn as a Fauntleroy style come from the 1890s. After the turn of the century Fauntleroy styling became increasingly associated with younger boys.

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