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The jackets had buttons and looked like they could be closed. The buttons, however, were for the most part purely ornamental. Despite the button-holes and buttons, the jackets were designed to be worn open. They were not to be closed to better show elaborately lace trimed blouses. These were cut-away jackets worn open. Most had a tab or connecting strap at the top to keep the two sides of the jacket minimally closed. But even this was not always engaged. Many jackets either did not have a connecting tab or it was not engaged. Because the Fauntleroy blouses were often so frilly, it is often difficult to see the tab. The large floppy bows often worn also might cover over the tab. We have seen a few jackets with two connecting tab. We see an example here of a suit with to tabs (figure 1). This was, however, not at all common. We do note occassional instances of this double tab jackets in the photogrphic record. An example is a boy at the Saltillo Primary School in 1908-09.
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