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We continue to see English boys wearing sailor suits in the early-20 century. We note younger boys wearing sailor suits in state schools. Most of the examples continue to be younger boys up about 8 years of age in some cases perhaps 10 years. We do not see the older boys and teenagers wearing sailor suits to any extent as as we see on the continent, especially France and Germany. We believe this was because the boys from well to-to-families began private school at about 8 years of age. They began wearing school uniforms and not sailor suits and they played a major role in setting fashion trends.This means boys up to about 8-9 years old. We see boys earing diferent styles of sailor blouses. We note both pull over and button up blouses. The primary sailor outfirs are blouses and matching pants. Increasingly we see the blouses done mostly the traditional three-type detailing like Royal Navy uniforms. We also see the dickies being dome like Royal Navy uniforms. The stripped dickies worn in rance and Russia were les common in England. Sailor suits were worn with a variety of pants but by the 1910s, knee pants were making the transition to short pants and becoming increasingly common. We believe the long pants were considered more formal. We are less sure about how common they were for working-class boys. Many of the portraits we have found look like boys from comfortable middle-class or well-to-do families. We do, however, see them in state schools. At least with the younger boys. A good example is the National and Bluecoat School, Hallgate in 1914.
We continue to see English boys wearing sailor suits in the early-20 century. School portraits are especially helpful in asessing prevalence.
Most of the images we have found of English boys wearing sailor suits do not have the ages of the boys noted. Age is, however, something that can be eestimate to a fair degree of accuracy. And the ages we see are primary school boys. We see a ittle older girls wearing sailor outfits than boys. Schools portraits are especially helpful as they give an idea pf pprevalencve. We note younger boys wearing sailor suits in state schools. We do not see sailor suits in prep schools, meaning a private school with primary school age children. Most of the examples continue to be younger boys up about 8 years of age. There may be boys up to 10-years old, but most of the imahes we have found are bous up y\to only about 8 uyears of age. We do not see the older boys and younger teenagers wearing sailor suits to any extent as as we see on the continent, especially France and Germany. We believe this was because the boys from well to-to-families began private school at about 8 years of age. They began wearing school uniforms and not sailor suits and they played a major role in setting fashion trends. Prep schools generally had programs for boys begginning at about 8 yeras of age, but there was some variance. There were ot yet pre-preps in the peeps schools during the 1910s.
The primary sailor outfits we see English boys wearing in the the 1910s are blouses and matching pants. We see boys wearing diferent styles of sailor blouses. We note both pull over and button up blouses. Increasingly we see the blouses done mostly the traditional three-type detailing like Royal Navy uniforms. We also see the dickies being dome like Royal Navy uniforms. The stripped dickies worn in France and Russia were les common in England. Sailor suits were worn with a variety of pants but by the 1910s, knee pants were making the transition to short pants and becoming increasingly common. We believe the long pants were considered more formal. We begin to see knee socks in the 1910s rather than the long stockings common in the 1900s
We are less sure about how common they were for working-class boys. Many of the portraits we have found look like boys from comfortable middle-class or well-to-do families. We do, however, see them in state schools. At least with the younger boys. A good example is the National and Bluecoat School, Hallgate in 1914.
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