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Our Canadian asrchive is still limited so we do not yet have much information on Canadian neckwear. We do not know of any destinctive Canadian neckwear types. The most flamboyant neckwear, as in most other countries, worn by Canadian boys was floppy bows. We see quite a few portraits of Canadian boys wearing floppy bows in the late 19th and early 20th century. They do not seem as popular as in America, but we see quite a number of poetraits with noys wearing floppy bows. A HBC reader writes, "This portrait photo of a Canadian boy was taken March 1902. I believe it may be in New Brunswick, as I got bought it from a dealer there. It is a very long and narrow card, measuring: 7 1/8" X 3 5/8" overall." He wears what at the time would have been a modest sized floppy bow. Floppy bows declined in popularity after World War I (1914-18), although some boys wore then for a few more years. Since World war I as far as we can tell, Canadian and American neckwear styles had been very similar. Boys most wore neckties and bowties. There were other neckwear types, but we do not know how popular they were in Canada.
We have seen Canadian boys wearing bow ties, but we are not sure just how common they were. We do not yet have chronoligal information on bow ties. We see some 19th century portraits of what look like boys wearing bow ties, although we are not entirely sure. We see many more portaits with bow toes after the turn f the 20th century.
Our Canadian asrchive is still limited so we do not yet have much information on Canadian neckwear. We do not know of any destinctive Canadian neckwear types. The most flamboyant neckwear, as in most other countries, worn by Canadian boys was floppy bows. We see quite a few portraits of Canadian boys wearing floppy bows in the late 19th and early 20th century. They do not seem as popular as in America, but we see quite a number of poetraits with noys wearing floppy bows. A HBC reader writes, "This portrait photo of a Canadian boy was taken March 1902. I believe it may be in New Brunswick, as I got bought it from a dealer there. It is a very long and narrow card, measuring: 7 1/8" X 3 5/8" overall." He wears what at the time would have been a modest sized floppy bow. Floppy bows declined in popularity after World War I (1914-18), although some boys wore then for a few more years.
Since World war I as far as we can tell, Canadian and American neckwear styles had been very similar. Boys most wore neckties. In recent years wearing neckties or any kind of neckwear has becoe less common.
Men and boys in the mid 19th century wore stocks. the stock which was a single band around the neck, with the ends tied up in a bowlike configuration. Stocks were fastened in back by a hook or knot. The stock in front had what to the modern eye looks something like a pre-tied bowtie. We have not yet developed a time-line. I am not sure when they first appared, but were worn into the 1870s. They were usually black.
There were other neckwear types, but we do not know how popular they were in Canada.
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