Photo Essays: Uniforms Garments--Ankle Socks
Figure 1.--The boys at this school wore ankle socks during the summer term. Some boys preferred to continue wearing the knee socks.
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Other schools had seasonal approaches to hosiery. Some schools had the boys wear ankle socks during the Summer term. Ankle socks almost always were a summer seasonal garment. Boys worn knee socks during most of the year. The only ankle socks we noted for boys were grey. Usually these were light-weight plain grey socks--never white socks. This was becoming an increasingly common seasonal option during the 1980s, especially in the southern schools. It was much less common earlier. There were white ankle socks for girls. A few schools had grey ankle socks with tops in the school colors, but these were not very common. This was verycommon for kneesocks, but not common at all for ankle socks. Schools varies as to how strict they were with hosiery. At some schools boys were allowed to continue wearing knne socks if they wanted. Other schools were more insistent that the boys all make the change.
