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We have nored boys waring both open and closed collars. We note fashionavle boys ad men with open collars during the early 19h century. The general convention during the 19th century, however, was to button the collar and add neckwear, at the end of the century very elaborate neckwear like floppy bows. Closed or butoned collars were still standard during the early-20th century. A relevation and one of many trends toward more casual clothing was the open sports collar. (The spors collar was called the Schiller collar in Germany.) We see even boys with suits wearing these sports collars. This became a popular style in the 1920s. Some mothers did not understand it and tried to add a tie even though the collar on these shirts could not be buttoned. Buttoned collars continued to be the main style. Some boys even buttoned their collars at school. Gradually leaving them open became more popular. We notice even in the 50s and 60s in school portraits that quite a number of boys still buttoned their collsrs. Open collars with suits became pipular again in the 1940s abd early 50s. The sports collars that could not be buttobed at the collar were still available in the early 50s. By the 1960s most American boys were no longer buttoning their collars. They did button their collars and wear ties with suits. Suits were, however, becoming much less common.
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