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The fashion took a while to become established, but turned into a classic of childrenswear, and was still in use (although tending to be for best) in the 1920s.  It survives as a choice for pageboys at weddings, and there is an example in the collections at the V&A Museum of Childhood dating from the 1980s.\r\n\r\nOther names included the Jack Tar suit  and the Man-o'-war suit, the latter claimed by its manufacturers, Redfern of Cowes, to be \"accurately correct to the most minute detail, and...suitable for either sex\" (Myra's Journal, 01/08/1883).  As can be seen in this pamphlet, Rowe, one of the leading manufacturers of sailor suits, also offered correct accessories, including lanyard and Bo'swain's pipe (whistle), the \"regulation Senet Hat\", and the sleeve badges of various naval ranks (although most sailor suits show the anchor and cable of the Leading Seaman).","physicalDescription":"Trade pamphlet issued by Wm Rowe & Co Ltd, of Gosport, London & Cowes.  The 40-page pamphlet is printed in blue-black on white semi-glossy paper, with a ribbon binding and a soft cover of blue-grey paper.  The cover is printed with lettering and decoration in old gold, with an illustration of a high-decked sea-borne sailing vessel on the front.  The pamphlet has a tipped-in colour frontispiece, 'Seafaring Men' by Septimus E Scott, showing a boy in a sailor suit seated beside a uniformed sailor, and combines the story of the rise of naval uniform in England with half-tone illustrations (also by Septimus Scott) of children's garments (mostly with a nautical theme) manufactured by Rowe's.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Scott, Septimus E.","id":"A16340"},"association":{"text":"illustrator","id":"x36173"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Wm Rowe & Co","id":"A29906"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"x32600"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printing","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printed paper","categories":[{"text":"Advertising","id":"THES49001"},{"text":"Children's clothes","id":"THES48979"},{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":["2008BT9838","2008BT9759"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES343663"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Trade pamphlet","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1900","earliest":"1895-01-01","latest":"1904-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"B.385:1-2012","id":"O1262342"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"B.386:1-2012","id":"O1262898"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"B.387-2012","id":"O1262899"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"B.388:1-2012","id":"O1262900"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"25.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"18.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"closed","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Wm Rowe & Co Ltd","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Trade pamphlet on children's garments issued by Wm Rowe of Gosport, Cowes & London; England, ca. 1900","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Published by Rowe's to advertise their products","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["B.143-1995"],"accessionNumberNum":"143","accessionNumberPrefix":"B","accessionYear":1995,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-01","recordCreationDate":"2000-04-19","availableToBook":false}}