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There were three basic stylistic approach to the sailor suit. These inclused 1) traditional styles, 2) fashionable styles, and 3) V-front only styles.
The first type was The initial English sailor suits for boys had traditional styling meaning they were minature reproduction of the uniforms worn by Royal Navy enlisted men who the British call ratings.
Traditional styling never disappeared and gradually by the turn of the 20th century was the dominant style. Thus in the 20th century most English sailor suits were made with traditional styling and after World War I was virtually the only sailor styles available.
The second style of sailor suit appeared as sailor styles began to become a popular fashion for boys a variety of more styilized, fashionable creations appeared in the mid- and late-19th century. Many diverged significantly from traditionl styling, but for the most part were instantly recognizable as sailor suits because of the V-collar and back flap. There were many variations such as button-up blouses and jackets worn open. Sometimes iun addition tob the standard dickey, other cevices wee added like a collar or a vest. Notice the blouse here. here is a V-collar, but notice that there is no space in between the V for a dickey, Rather the V-collar seems to button on. We are not sure what these different styles were called. These more creative versions came in many different styles. Designers also played with the standard blue and white colors, but this is difficult to onserve in the black and white photography of the day. By this time the popularity of sailor suits was significantly declining.
The third style of sailor suit was a variety of outfits that had a V-front or hint of a V-front, but no other element of sailor styling. This was perhaps the least common approach to sailor styling, but we see quite a number of examples in the photographic record.
The first type was The initial English sailor suits for boys had traditional styling meaning they were minature reproduction of the uniforms worn by Royal Navy enlisted men who the British call ratings.
Traditional styling never disappeared and gradually by the turn of the 20th century was the dominant style. Thus in the 20th century most English sailor suits were made with traditional styling and after World War I was virtually the only sailor styles available. We notice some examples of what might be called admoral suits. These are suits with traditional styling, but based on officer uniforms rather than enlistmen (rtings). This style is popular for first comminion in Soain, but rarely seen in England.
The second style of sailor suit appeared as sailor styles began to become a popular fashion for boys a variety of more styilized, fashionable creations appeared in the mid- and late-19th century. Many diverged significantly from traditionl styling, but for the most part were instantly recognizable as sailor suits because of the V-collar and back flap. There were many variations such as button-up blouses and jackets worn open. Sometimes iun addition tob the standard dickey, other cevices wee added like a collar or a vest. Notice the blouse here. here is a V-collar, but notice that there is no space in between the V for a dickey, Rather the V-collar seems to button on. We are not sure what these different styles were called. These more creative versions came in many different styles. Designers also played with the standard blue and white colors, but this is difficult to onserve in the black and white photography of the day. By this time the popularity of sailor suits was significantly declining.
The third style of sailor suit was a variety of outfits that had a V-front or hint of a V-front, but no other element of sailor styling. This was perhaps the least common approach to sailor styling, but we see quite a number of examples in the photographic record. Most of the examples we have found are from the 19th century. At frst glance these suits look like regular suits until the V-front comes into focus. Thgese suits were done with various pants, basically the popular syles at the time. We note a corduroy knickers suit with atripes are other sailor elements, we think in the 1880s.
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