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The sailor suit as a boy's fashion seem to have caught on in France by the 1860s and had became a popular boys' fashions by the 1870s. It wa a style originating in Britain and aided by the popularity of the Royal Navy. But mother all over Europe picked up on the style. They were still primarily a style for boys from well-to-do fashionable families. The suits while popular were highly variable. And the styling is very destinctive, much more complicated than the traditional styling that would emerge at the end of the century. Inlike the traditional suits, the complicated strips and buttons were not copied from actual French naval uniforms. Rather they were imaginative creations by seamstresses. Many were done with bloomer knickers that often had some of the detailing from the blouses. Many French sailor suits, especially in the 1860-70s, did not have the V-front blouse that became so widely associated with the sailor suit. Allso many boys wore bloomer knickers rather than the knee pants common in America. One way to differentiate French and American sailor suits during this period is that French boys commonly wore socks rather than the long stockings Amrican boys usually wore with knee pants. We see this throughout the 19th century.
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