Figure 1.--any schools also had kneesocks done with top bands in the school colors. Not all prep schools had these banded turn-over-top socks, but they were very commonly part opf the uniform. This detailing and color combination was also commonly employed in the school cap, tie, and school jumper trim. Many schools allowed the children to also wear plain grey kneesocks. Here the school hs the basic option of two single-colored bands. |
There were two basic options with these colored bands. Many schools had actual bands, done in one to three colors on a basic grey sock. Here the combinations could be quite varied. There were a wide range of possible color combinatuions. Some just had one of the school colors. Here the school hs the basic option of two single-colored bands (figure 1). Schools commonly had two colors, usually the cap and blazer color and the main trim color. The one colorbands were twin bands of equalwidth separated by the grey background. Two color combinations were also common abnd commonly included a bright or dark contrasting . Only a few schools used three colors. The other basic option was to have the whole turn-over-top bit done in the principal school color--often the color of the blazer. This was not as common as the banded socks, but there were a number of schools that chose this option.
