1. A little boy’s fancy velvet suit made in Stamford, Connecticut in 1879. The mention of such suits in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1885-1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy would soon cause a fashion phenomenon that would have little boys everywhere suffering through close to a decade of being dressed up as living Little Lord Fauntleroy dolls.

    A little boy’s fancy velvet suit made in Stamford, Connecticut in 1879.

    The mention of such suits in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1885-1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy would soon cause a fashion phenomenon that would have little boys everywhere suffering through close to a decade of being dressed up as living Little Lord Fauntleroy dolls.

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    I wonder if I could squeeze into this
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    boy suit if I could.
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