Fauntleroy Dresses, Skirts, and Kilt Suits

The classic Little Lord Fauntkeroy suit was made to be worn with knee pants or blommer knickers. American boys mostly wore knee pants, but we see both knee pants and bloomer knickers in Europe. Many mothers with younger boys still in dresses and not yet ready for boyish pants, were so entralled with the Fauntleroy style that they began dressing their sons in various styles of Fauntleroy dresses. Latter they may have chosen Fauntleroy fresses or Fauntleroy suits with skirts or kilts rather than knee pants. Normally a Fauntleroy dress or Fauntleroy kilt suit would have been worn by younger boys and a Fauntleroy suit with knee pants by a somewhat older boys. There were no firm conventions, hoiwever, and this varied substantially from family to family. A Fauntleroy suit with a kilt rather than knee pants could be worn by even school age boys. The Faultleroy kilt suit or plain kilt outfit was quite common in the late 1880s and 1890s. We also see quite a few Fauntkeroy dresses. Attitudes toward skirted Fauntleroy garments are not altogether clear. One HBC contributor had