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<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="The sailor suit by the 1890s had become a very important style for German boys. We see the sailor suit increasing in popularity after it first appeared in the 1860s. By the 1890s the sailor suit had become a major style for boys. We see large numbers of German boys wearing sailor outfits of various types. We are not sure why this fashion development occurred. Germany did not have an important navy in the 1890s and naval advocated had just begun to push for one. It has to be realized that the evolving big-gun battleships were the super-weapn of the age and that a ciountry's power and presitige had been to be recockened in terms of the number of battleships. The influence of the German and other European royal families may have been factors. Germany was beginning to build a colonial empire, with small scattered colonies in Africa and the Pacific. The general attituide was that the new colonies did not adequately reflect the power abd glory of the new German empire. The sailor suit had also become popular in other countries, including America, Britain, and France. We are not sure to what extent fashion trends in those countries influenced German fashions. Interestingly, the sailor suit in the 20th century would become more popular in Germany than any other country. 
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<i>Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows an unidentified boy wearing a smart sailor suit, we think in the 1890s.  He wears a school cap with his suit.  Notice the single band rather than the three-stripe detailing.  Also the scarfe is not tied the way that became so common in the 20th century.  Also notice the longish-length of the knee pants.  The studio here was O. Scholtz in Labes I/P.  This meant 'Labes in Pommern'.  Many German towns had the same name so had to be destinguished by Lander or a nearby river.  This Labes was in Pommerania.  It is now the Polish city of Łobez, about 50 km to the east-northeast of Stettin.</i>
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<p> German boys wore a range of sailor garments. A sailor suit is compised primarily of a pants and blouse matching combination. Both garments and styling was still quite varied in the 1890s. Thus we see quite a mix of garments.The top is usually a blouse, We note pull-over blouses as well as button-up jacket shirts. Some of these had quite a number of buttons. The dickies were done in a variety of ways.  Some mothers added a stigg collsar rather negating the basic idea of a sailor suit, a smsart casual, comfortable outfit for boys.  We also notice various kinds of pants, including knee pants, bloomer knickers, and long pants. The blouse and pants almost always matched. There were also a range of headwear includig some matching caps. There were also sailor caps and hats that did not match the sailot suit in material and color.
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