*** school uniform: knee socks--patterned








School Uniform: Patterened Kneesocks


Figure 1.--These New Zealand boys wears parially paterned knee socks with narrow yellow bands. This is the only New Zealand school known to HBC that has such a knee sock.

A small number of schools had grey kneesocks with patterned tops. As far as I know, only grey kneesocks came with the patterned tops. The types of patterns varied. This style was commom in England during the 1930s. This style was commonly worn by American boys wearing knicker ts on the 1920s and 30s, but not as part of an official school uniform. It was more commonly worn by English boys going to a non-uniform school than adopted as part of a school uniform. More schools commonly adopted uniforms with solid color band. Some Australian schools had this style. We know of only one Australian school, however, that had this style by the 1980s and no English schools. I am not sure about the chronology of this. I am not sure if schools had kneesocks with color bands from when kneesocks were first worn or just when this became a standard fashion. The paterened top kneesocks, however, are clearly a fashion which first appeared in the 1920s.

Popularity

A small number of schools had grey kneesocks with patterned tops. Although this was a very commonly worn type of kneesock beginning in the 1920s, it was not adopted by very many schools as part of the school uniform. I'm not sure why the style did not provevpopular as school uniform.

Patterns

HBC has no information at this time on the actual patterns employed in kneesocks.

Colors

As far as I know, only grey kneesocks came with the paternened tops. The colors in the patterns also varied as did the designs of the actual patterns.

Chronology

I am not sure about the chronology of this. I am not sure of schools had kneesocks with color bands from when kneesocks were first worn or just when this became a standard practice. The patterened top kneesocks, however, are clearly a fashion which first appeared in the 1920s.

Countries

Australia

Some Australian schools had this style. We know of only one Australian school, however, that had this style by the 1980s and no English schools.

England

These patterned kneesocks were commom in England during the 1930s. I do not think, however, the were adopted as part of school uniforms.


Figure 2.--These New Zealand boys wears parially paterned knee socks with narrow yellow bands. This is the only New Zealand school known to HBC that has such a knee sock.

New Zealand

Only one New Zealand school in the 1980s had patterned lneesocks. These New Zealand boys wears parially paterned kneesocks with narrow yellow bands.

United States

This style was commonly worn by American boys wearing knickers on the 1920s and 30s, but not as part of an official school uniform.

Conventions

It was more commonly worn by English boys going to a non-uniform school than adopted as part of a school uniform. More schools commonly adopted unifiorms with solid color band.







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